The <ins> datetime Attribute in HTML is used to specify the date and time of the inserted text. The date-time is inserted in the format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD.
Syntax:
<ins datetime="YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD">
Attribute Values: This attribute contains single value YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD which is used to specify the date and time when the text was deleted.
The explanation of datetime components are listed below:
- YYYY: It sets the year of datetime object (e.g. 2009).
- MM: It sets the month of datetime object (e.g. 05 for March).
- DD: It sets the day of the month of datetime object (e.g. 04).
- T: It is a required separator.
- hh: It sets the hour of datetime object (e.g. 18 for 06.00pm).
- mm: It sets the minutes of datetime object (e.g. 34).
- ss: It sets the seconds of datetime object (e.g. 40).
- TZD: Time Zone Designator (Z denotes Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
HTML ins datetime Attribute
</title>
<style>
del {
color: red;
}
ins {
color: green;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>
HTML <ins> datetime Attribute
</h2>
<p>GeeksforGeeks is a
<del>mathematical</del>
<!-- Assigning id to
'ins' tag -->
<ins id="GFG"
datetime="2018-11-21T15:55:03Z">
computer
</ins>scienceportal
</p>
</body>
</html>
Output :

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <ins> datetime Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari