From 76e405c175edef43b610ce508b106b609212067a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:54:18 -1000
Subject: Wrap the dates in time elements

---
 source/ui-shared.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source/ui-shared.c')

diff --git a/source/ui-shared.c b/source/ui-shared.c
index 7a2255e..1f45520 100644
--- a/source/ui-shared.c
+++ b/source/ui-shared.c
@@ -289,9 +289,16 @@ static struct date_mode configured_date_mode(void)
 	return mode;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Dates render as time elements, whose datetime attribute wants the strict
+ * ISO 8601 form with the T separator rather than the space git prints by
+ * default.
+ */
 static void print_abs_date(time_t t, int tz)
 {
-	html("<span title='");
+	html("<time datetime='");
+	html_attr(show_date(t, tz, cgit_date_mode(DATE_ISO8601_STRICT)));
+	html("' title='");
 	html_attr(show_date(t, tz, cgit_date_mode(DATE_ISO8601)));
 	html("'>");
 	html_txt(show_date(t, tz, configured_date_mode()));
@@ -301,9 +308,11 @@ static void print_abs_date(time_t t, int tz)
 static void print_rel_date(time_t t, int tz, double count, const char *class,
 			   const char *suffix)
 {
-	htmlf("<span class='%s' data-ut='%" PRIu64 "' title='", class, (uint64_t)t);
+	htmlf("<time class='%s' datetime='", class);
+	html_attr(show_date(t, tz, cgit_date_mode(DATE_ISO8601_STRICT)));
+	htmlf("' data-ut='%" PRIu64 "' title='", (uint64_t)t);
 	html_attr(show_date(t, tz, cgit_date_mode(DATE_ISO8601)));
-	htmlf("'>%.0f %s</span>", count, suffix);
+	htmlf("'>%.0f %s</time>", count, suffix);
 }
 
 static char *http_date(time_t t)
-- 
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