time-stamp

Record the moment

A time-stamp is a recorded notation of when something occurred or was created—the date and time marked on a document, file, photograph, or digital record.

Emails carry time-stamps showing when they were sent.

Security footage is time-stamped.

To time-stamp something is to mark it with this information: The system automatically time-stamps each transaction.

documentation

postmark

Dated mailing imprint

registration · watermark · seal · metadata · logging · audit trail · version control · filing · archival · record-keeping

verification

authentication

Confirming genuine identity

certification · digital signature · hash · checksum · blockchain · notarize · certify · substantiate · corroborate · audit

digital

metadata

Descriptive information about content

  • EXIFPhoto file information standard
  • GPSSatellite-based location technology
  • geotagEmbedded position data

filename · server · database · log file · upload · download · sync · backup · version · modification

chronology

date

Specific day or outing

  • yearTwelve-month duration
  • monthYear's twelfth part
  • day24-hour period

hour · minute · second · millisecond · duration · sequence · timeline · synchronization · order · precision

media

video

Recorded moving imagery

caption · footage · playback · editing · annotation · marker · frame · broadcast · livestream · podcast

Opposites
temporal marking

time-stampundated

Lacking temporal marker

unmarked · timeless · unrecorded · dateless · unstamped

metadata vs. content

time-stampcontent

What something contains

body · payload · substance

temporal specificity

time-stampeternity

Boundless temporal existence

timelessness · indefinite · perpetuity · permanence

Family

timestamps, timestamped, timestamping

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G