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THE `TIME` ELEMENT SHOULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING
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The HTML 'time' element is supposed to be a semantic way to express the exact timestamp of a date, but no browser or assistive technology actually makes use of it, besides rendering it. It seems to be used by search engines to show date snippets in search results, but there aren't any real guidelines for using it. The time element is a good idea, but in practice, it feels like an unfulfilled promise of semantic HTML.