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
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
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
Patrick Kernan
time-stamp
transitive verb
time-stamped; time-stamping; time-stamps
The repository also contains time-stamped versions of your code …
—Jeff Jurvis
Jeff Jurvis
Examples of time stamp in a Sentence
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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
Once the call kicks off, investors should take detailed notes, including the time stamp of comments, in order to reference the full transcript more easily once it’s made available.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
However, the Black Hawk's recorder lacked time stamps, complicating efforts to align events with the plane's data.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
An employee discarded falafel that did not have a time stamp label.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
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Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
Once the call kicks off, investors should take detailed notes, including the time stamp of comments, in order to reference the full transcript more easily once it’s made available.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
However, the Black Hawk's recorder lacked time stamps, complicating efforts to align events with the plane's data.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
An employee discarded falafel that did not have a time stamp label.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Time stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20stamp. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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