HTML del cite Attribute

Definition and Usage

The cite attribute specifies when the text or element was deleted.

Syntax

<del datetime="date_and_time">

Syntax Example

<del datetime="2008-10-31">

Attribute Values

Value

Description

date_and_time

A date (can also include time) that specifies when text was removed.The format for setting the date is: YYYY-MM-DD You can also set the date and time, then format is: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSTZD Explanation of letters: YYYY - Year (like 2008) MM - Month (like 10 for October) DD - Day (Like 30) T - The character T is required to separate the date from time HH - Hour (like 13 for 1 PM) MM - Minutes (like 53) SS -  Seconds (like 37) TZD - Time Zone Designator. The character Z specifies UTC (Universal Time Coordinates), if the time is not UTC time, you can use +/-HH:MM to specify hours and minutes ahead or behind the UTC time (like +01:00)

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Browser Support

Major browsers do not use this attribute in any way. However, search engines may use this attribute to get more information about the deleted element.

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Example

Source	Output
<p>The weather today is <del datetime="2008-07-31">nice</del> cloudy</p>	The weather today is nice cloudy