time stamp

noun

variants or timestamp

ˈtīm-ˌstamp 

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

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

Recent Examples on the Web

However, inconsistent time stamps and shoddy formatting immediately made people suspicious that the chat had been fabricated — that and the fact that the dialogue was overwrought and unbelievable. —Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024

Injection Surveillance footage shows that a nurse entered the admissions room and administered two injections to a motionless Otieno at 4:40 p.m., according to the video time stamp — at least a minute and a half after deputies first appeared to sense something was wrong. —Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 26 July 2024

Stone cast doubt on the phone records, saying the time stamps weren’t reliable or the calls didn’t fit the timeline laid out by the state. —Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024

The carrier said the breach does not include Social Security numbers, dates of birth, other personally identifiable information, or the time stamps for calls and texts. —Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1