HTML5: input type=datetime – global date-and-time input control (NEW)

input type=datetime – global date-and-time input control NEW # T

The input element with a type attribute whose value is "datetime" represents a control for setting the element’s value to a string representing a global date and time (with timezone information).

Permitted content #

empty (void element)

Permitted attributes #

common attributes & name & disabled & form & type★ & autocomplete & autofocus & list & min & max & step.float & readonly & required & value

Descriptions for attributes specific to this element #

type = "datetime": Specifies that its input element is a control for setting the element’s value to a string representing a global date and time.
min = date-time NEW: The expected lower bound for the element’s value.
max = date-time NEW: The expected upper bound for the element’s value.
value = date-time: A string representing a global date and time.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “input” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.
The “list” attribute of the “input” element must refer to a “datalist” element.
The “usemap” attribute on the “input” element is obsolete. Use the “img” element instead of the “input” element for image maps.
The “align” attribute on the “input” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

Tag omission #

The input element is a void element. An input element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain phrasing elements