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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But hotel staff eventually told investigators the time stamp was an hour ahead of actual time, the two sources said.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The first text had a time stamp that was about 40 minutes after Ms. Choi had already reported it to her superiors, according to the ruling.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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
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Zoe Sottile, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
The first text had a time stamp that was about 40 minutes after Ms. Choi had already reported it to her superiors, according to the ruling.
—Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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
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“Time stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20stamp. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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