date stamping
Recording the day
Date stamping is marking something with the date it was created, received, processed, or expires.
Documents get date stamped when filed, food products when packaged, photographs when taken.
The practice establishes a record of when something occurred: The clerk date stamped each application as it arrived.
In digital contexts, date stamping happens automatically to files and messages.
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- best byOptimal consumption deadline
- use byConsume-before indicator
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- inkWriting fluid
ink pad · rubber · expiration · validate · archive · receipt · notarize · calendar · time clock · pressing · imprint · official · bureaucracy · paperwork · paper trail · document · seal · approval
date stampingundated
Lacking temporal marker
backdating · unmarked · antedating · undocumented · timeless
date stampingsigning
Inscribing one's name
initialing · sealing · notarizing · signature · countersigning
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