HTML del cite Attribute
 HTML <del> tag
Definition and Usage
The cite attribute specifies when the text or
element was deleted.
Syntax
<del datetime="date_and_time">
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Syntax Example
<del datetime="2008-10-31">
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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.
Example
| Source |
Output |
<p>The weather today is
<del datetime="2008-07-31">nice</del> cloudy</p>
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The weather today is
nice cloudy
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
del
datetime attribute example
Set the time the text was deleted.
HTML <del> tag
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