redate
Change the timestamp
To redate something is to assign it a different date than originally given.
Documents get redated when errors are discovered or when backdating serves some purpose: The contract was redated to reflect when the agreement actually began.
Archaeologists and historians redate artifacts when new evidence emerges: Carbon dating redated the fossil to 50,000 years ago.
documentation
Maintaining organized documentation
- notarizationOfficial document verification
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- verificationProving something accurate
- provenanceRecord of ownership
correction
Assigning earlier date falsely
- antedatingPreceding chronologically
- misdatingAssigning wrong time period
- rectificationAct of setting straight
- emendationCorrection of written errors
scientific
Decaying carbon isotope
- geochronologyStudy of geological ages
- dendrochronologyDating via growth rings
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- radiometricMeasuring by radiation
record-keeping
Maintaining organized documentation
- notarizationOfficial document verification
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- verificationProving something accurate
backdating
Assigning earlier date falsely
- antedatingPreceding chronologically
- misdatingAssigning wrong time period
- rectificationAct of setting straight
radiocarbon
Decaying carbon isotope
- geochronologyStudy of geological ages
- dendrochronologyDating via growth rings
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers