We can create a <time> element via the document.createElement()
method:
var x = document.createElement("TIME");
Click the button to create a TIME element that set the date.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head>/*from ww w . jav a 2 s .c o m*/ <body> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.createElement("TIME"); x.setAttribute("datetime", "2020-02-14"); var t = document.createTextNode("Valentines day"); x.appendChild(t); document.body.appendChild(x); } </script> </body> </html>