time stamp

noun

variants or timestamp
plural time stamps or timestamps
1
: 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)
2
a
: 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
b
: 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 transitive verb
time-stamped; time-stamping; time-stamps
The repository also contains time-stamped versions of your code … Jeff Jurvis

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Metadata such as the sender, recipient, subject, and time stamp will be accessible to your e-mail provider. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The women gave their statements to Miami Beach police last fall, shortly before the men were arrested, according to the time stamp on the video. Chloe Atkins, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025 Brooke produced time stamps of correspondence between them to show that they are not totally estranged. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025 Quickly state the date and year on audio if there’s no way to see a time stamp. Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for time stamp

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of time stamp was in 1855

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“Time stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20stamp. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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