datemark

When something expires

A datemark is a stamp, label, or printed indication showing when something was made, packaged, or should be used by.

The term appears most often in food industry contexts: Check the datemark before buying dairy products.

As a verb, to datemark is to apply such a date: All packages must be datemarked before shipping.

timestamp

metadata

Descriptive information about content

Unix · epoch · milliseconds · UTC · GMT · logging · snapshot · server · scheduling · NTP

archival

record

Preserved account or achievement

provenance · manuscript · document · artifact · preservation · conservation · authentication · carbon-14 · dendrochronology · inscription

expiration

freshness

State of being unspoiled

consumable · packaging · labeling · food-safety · preservatives · rotation · inventory · grocery · dairy · meat

Opposites
type of product/item marking

datemarkbarcode

Encoded product stripes

serial number · QR code · lot number · price tag · SKU

presence of temporal indication

datemarkundated

Lacking temporal marker

dateless · unmarked

Family

date, mark, dates, dated, dating, datable, undated, marks, marked

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G