time stamp

noun

variants or timestamp

ˈtīm-ˌstamp

plural time stamps or timestamps

: a stamping device used for recording the date and time of day on a document, envelope, etc. (as to indicate when it was received or sent out)

: an indication of the date and time stamped on a document, envelope, etc.

Problem was, a later check of the time stamp on the motion indicated that it had been filed nearly 40 minutes after Heinrich appeared before Wolf.—

Thanassis Cambanis

: an indication of the date and time recorded as part of a digital signal or file (such as an email, digital photograph, radio broadcast, or text message) indicating the time of creation, transmission, etc.

When you share that viral video, it carries a time stamp.—

Cosmopolitan

… highlighted a seeming discrepancy between the timestamps of the phone records and surveillance video, with the surveillance video suggesting the shooting happened a moment or two earlier than the phone records.—

Patrick Kernan

time-stamp

ˈtīm-ˌstamp

transitive verb

time-stamped; time-stamping; time-stamps

The repository also contains time-stamped versions of your code … —

Jeff Jurvis

Examples of time stamp in a Sentence

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There were no time stamps: Residents who woke up to errant evacuation alerts Friday had no idea the warnings were a day old. —

Holly Yan, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025 The time stamp on the second text shows it was sent on Dec. 27, the day Yancy died. —

Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025 Inspectors said the cheese bread was missing a time stamp to indicate whether the food was still at a safe temperature. —

Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025 Much of the location data attached to these app names does not have a time stamp. —

Joseph Cox, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for time stamp