def return_time_elements(time_stamp):
    """Returns formatted strings of time stamps for HTML requests.

    :parameters time_range: pandas.tslib.Timestamp
    """
    yyyy = str(time_stamp.year)
    mm = "%02d" % (time_stamp.month,)
    dd = "%02d" % (time_stamp.day,)
    hr = "%02d" % (time_stamp.hour,)
    mins = "%02d" % (time_stamp.minute,)
    return yyyy, mm, dd, hr, mins