timestamp

See also: time-stamp

English

Alternative forms

• time-stamp

Etymology

From time +‎ stamp (noun); the verb sense derives from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmˌstæmp/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

timestamp (plural timestamps)

1. (especially computing) A variable containing the date and time at which an event occurred, often included in a log to track the sequence of events.
2. (Internet, videography) The time at which something in a video occurs.

Derived terms

• Lamport timestamp
• timestamp-based concurrency control
• time-stamping
• timestamp reply
• timestomp

Related terms

• datestamp
• timecard
• time clock
• timesheet
• update

Translations

date and time of an event

• Arabic: خَتَم زَمَنِيّ m (ḵatam zamaniyy), طَابَع زَمَنِيّ m (ṭābaʕ zamaniyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時間戳 / 时间戳 (zh) (shíjiānchuō), 時戳 / 时戳 (zh) (shíchuō)

• Czech: časové razítko n, časová značka f
• Danish: tidsstempel n
• Dutch: tijdsaanduiding (nl) f, tijdstempel m
• Finnish: aikaleima (fi)
• French: horodatage (fr) m
• German: Zeitstempel (de) m
• Greek: χρονόσημο n (chronósimo), χρονοσήμανση f (chronosímansi)
• Hungarian: időbélyeg (hu)
• Italian: marca temporale f
• Japanese: タイムスタンプ (ja) (taimusutanpu)
• Korean: 타임스탬프 (taimseutaempeu), 시간 표기(時間標記) (sigan pyogi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidsstempel n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بَرْچَسْبِ زَمان (barčasb-e zamân)

• Polish: znacznik czasu m
• Portuguese: timestamp (pt) m
• Romanian: ștampilă de timp f, marcaj temporal n
• Russian: временна́я ме́тка f (vremennája métka), ме́тка вре́мени f (métka vrémeni)
• Spanish: cronomarcador m, marca de tiempo f, cronosello m, sello temporal m, data (es) f, datación (es) f
• Turkish: zaman damgası (tr)
• Ukrainian: часова́ мі́тка f (časová mítka), мі́тка ча́су f (mítka čásu), часова́ відмі́тка f (časová vidmítka)
• Vietnamese: dấu thời gian, mốc thời gian

Verb

timestamp (third-person singular simple present timestamps, present participle timestamping, simple past and past participle timestamped)

1. (transitive, especially computing) To record the date and time of (an event, etc).

Derived terms

• timestamped

Related terms

• datestamp

Translations

record date and time of — see also date

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時間戳記 / 时间戳记 (shíjiān chuōjì)

• Danish: tidsstemple
• Dutch: meten (nl)
• Finnish: merkitä aikaleima, aikaleimata
• French: horodater (fr)
• German: zeitstempeln
• Spanish: cronomarcar, datar (es)
• Turkish: tarih damgası vurmak