timestamps
Digital moment markers
Timestamps are markers indicating when something occurred or was recorded.
A timestamp might show the date and time a file was created, when a message was sent, or when a specific moment appears in a video: Skip to the timestamp at 14:32.
In digital contexts, timestamps enable sorting, searching, and verifying the sequence of events.
Ordered display of events
- datestampPrinted calendar mark
- datetimeCombined date and time
- epochDistinct historical period
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
history · log · journal · record · event · marker · milestone · succession
Sectioned tree trunk
- auditFormal accounts examination
- changelogRecord of project updates
- versionA distinct form
- commitBind to a course
entry · annotation · notation · format · syntax · protocol · standard · specification
Thousandths of a second
- nanosecondsBillionths of seconds
- microsecondsMillion per second
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- accuracyDegree of correctness
resolution · granularity · exactness · frequency · interval · atomic · UTC · GMT
Descriptive information about content
- EXIFPhoto file information standard
- creationMaking something exist
- modificationAct of altering something
- accessRight to enter
upload · download · server · database · Unix · parsing · formatting · conversion
timeline
Ordered display of events
sequence · history · log · journal · record · event · marker · milestone · succession · order
log
Sectioned tree trunk
commit · entry · annotation · notation · format · syntax · protocol · standard · specification · reference
milliseconds
Thousandths of a second
- nanosecondsBillionths of seconds
- microsecondsMillion per second
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
accuracy · resolution · granularity · exactness · frequency · interval · atomic · UTC · GMT · timezone
metadata
Descriptive information about content
- EXIFPhoto file information standard
- creationMaking something exist
- modificationAct of altering something
access · upload · download · server · database · Unix · parsing · formatting · conversion · API
- Document Trackingversion control, audit trail, check-in, check-out, metadata
- subtitlessubtitling, CC, SDH, open captions, closed captions
- blockchainblockchain, blocks, chains, hashes, hash
- NTFSpermissions, file compression, indexing, auditing, file recovery
- records managementrecordkeeping, record keeping, document management, data retention, file management
- web archivesWayback Machine, snapshots, crawlers, crawling, crawls
timestampsdurations
Measured time lengths
intervals · periods · elapsed time · time periods · epochs