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• date stamp
  date stamp

  noun

  a device for stamping dates and frequently the place of origin or receipt, as on postal matter.
• date-stamp
  date-stamp

  verb (used with object)

  to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp.

date stamp

¹ American  

noun

1. a device for stamping dates and frequently the place of origin or receipt, as on postal matter.

2. the information stamped by this device.

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date-stamp ² American  

[deyt-stamp] / ˈdeɪtˌstæmp /

verb (used with object)

1. to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp.

   He date-stamped every letter received.

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date stamp British  

noun

1. an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date

2. an inked impression made by this

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Etymology

Origin of date stamp¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Origin of date-stamp²

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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“Everybody’s got a use-by or sell-by date stamp somewhere,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

The video footage has no time or date stamp and there is no available metadata which would allow us to determine exactly when it was filmed.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2022

For this to happen, TikTok would need to add a time and date stamp, in addition to a license preference feature.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021

Baby formula’s the only food legally required to have a date stamp, she says, and the rest are not set in stone.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

There was one date stamp: September 12, 1917.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The video does not have a date-stamp or time-stamp.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

She received the "Stewart" inquiry on Sept. 21, a day after she filed the lawsuit, according to the date-stamp shown in later court filings.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023

The opening date-stamp is far from the most quotable line of a movie overflowing with them.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2015

Things must be very wrong when they could get hold of a date-stamp and use it in that way.

From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

The date-stamp likewise showed that it must have been posted in London.

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald