TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<time>` | contains a phrase defining a time of day in any format.
Attributes: |
`value` | gives the value of the time in a standard form.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Any string representing a time in standard format; recommended form is ``hhmm'', using the 24 hour clock.
| Default: #IMPLIED
| Example:
    <time value=1600>four o' clock</time>
Note | If the normalized form of time is not given using the twenty-four hour clock, this fact should be documented in the `<stdVals>` element in the TEI Header.
`type` | indicates something about the type of temporal expression being tagged.
| Datatype: (am | pm | 24hour | descriptive)
| Legal values: |
`am` | indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twelve-hour clock and referring to a time between midnight and noon.
`pm` | indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twelve-hour clock and referring to a time between noon and midnight.
`24hour` | indicates a temporal expression made on the basis of a twenty-four-hour clock.
`descriptive` | indicates a temporal expression made in descriptive terms, e.g. ``noon''.
| Default: #IMPLIED
`zone` | indicates time zone or place name wherever this is necessary to evaluate a temporal expression.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: contains a word or phrase such as GMT or 'Eastern Standard Time' which might be helpful in evaluating the temporal expression.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

     As he sat smiling, the quarter struck &mdash <time value=1145>
     the quarter to twelve</time>.

Note
Tagset additional tag set for common core features
Class data [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teicore2`
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
Parents ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange dateline def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set setting settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT time          - -  (%phrase.seq;)                     >
    <!ATTLIST time               %a.global
              value              CDATA               #IMPLIED
              type               (am | pm | 24hour | descriptive)
                                                     #IMPLIED
              zone               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 6.4.4

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