Timestamp Value

A Timestamp Value is an temporal value that represents a time point.

• Context:
  • It can be associated with a Temporal Record (a Timestamped Event).
• Example(s):
  • tstamp=`date +%H%M%S`, using the Unix date Utility.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • dstamp=`date +%y%m%d`, using the Unix date Utility.
  • a Global-Unique Identifier(GUID).
• See: Real-Time System.

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References

2015

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/timestamp#Noun
  • The date and time at which an event occurred, often included in a log to track the sequence of events.

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