## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <timeStruct>

`<timeStruct>` | contains an internally structured representation for a time of day.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from data, temporalExpr)

`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’ defining a time zone.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <timeStruct value="16:15Z">
    	  <hour>four</hour>
    	  <minute>fifteen</minute>
    	</timeStruct>

Module Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class data; temporalExpr
Data Description May contain temporal components and character data only.
May contain #PCDATA addSpan alt altGrp anchor cb certainty dateStruct day delSpan distance fLib fs fsLib fvLib fw gap hour index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lb link linkGrp milestone minute month occasion offset pb respons second span spanGrp timeStruct timeline week year
May occur within 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 date dateRange dateStruct def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form 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 settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange timeStruct title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT timeStruct %om.RR;  (#PCDATA | %m.temporalExpr; | %m.Incl;)*>
    <!ATTLIST timeStruct
          %a.global;
          %a.temporalExpr;
          zone CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 6.4.4 Dates and Times

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