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to timestamp

to timestamp

1 3.7
To add a note showing the date and time to a file or message
  • verb
  • /ˈtaɪmˌstæmp/
  • Specialized
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Examples

  • No longer are the apps timestamped by their arrival date either.

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  • I was out there at 1:15 a.m. to move my car when I found it, but the ticket was timestamped 1:07 a.m. or something like that.

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  • This app on my phone timestamps all my photos.

  • Waite's post was timestamped at 5:33 p.m.

  • Detectives continue to comb through those videos, timestamping each segment from the various recordings.

Synonyms

to date
vsto timestamp
454 1.0

To write the day on a document so people know when it is made

adds the exact clock time together with the calendar day
to date stamp
vsto timestamp
1 3.0

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

also records the exact clock time as well as the calendar day
to datemark
vsto timestamp
6.3

To mark something with a date to show when it was made or received

records both the calendar day and the exact clock time

How Precise

to time
126 2.7
to timestamp
  • Specialized
1 3.7
to date
454 1.0
to note
158 1.3

Surface Forms

timestamp infinitive
timestamped past participle
timestamping present participle
timestamps third person singular

Etymology

Timestamp (verb) joins time ('when') and stamp ('to mark'). To timestamp something is to mark it with the exact time it was created or changed.