start time
When it begins
Start time is when something is scheduled or expected to begin: The meeting has a start time of 9 a.m. , What's the start time for the concert?
The term appears frequently in scheduling contexts—events, shifts, programs, races.
In computing, start time may refer to when a process or system initiated.
- clockDevice displaying time
- kickoffOpening play in football
- race dayScheduled competition event
- on your marksPre-race command
- goMove from here
moment · alarm · timestamp · timetable · countdown · bell · stopwatch · buzzer · ready · starting gun · zero hour · gun · signal · agenda · opening bell · epoch · work schedule · punch in
- work hourswork hours, overtime, office hours, work schedules, shifts
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- schedulingappointments, appointment, calendar, booking, bookings
- scheduling termsASAP, appointment, meeting, booking, reservation
- time termsdate, datetime, end date, deadline, timer
- work scheduleMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
temporal endpoint
start timeend time
When something concludes
finish time · stop time · closing time · completion time · quitting time
temporal duration vs. point
start timeduration
Length of existence
elapsed time · run time · total time · length