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Subject:Re: time stamp or timestamp? From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 28 Dec 1994 07:21:15 MST
> Gail DeCamp asks--
> The NGC technical publications editor and I have a word usage
> question. Do most of you spell it "time stamp" or "timestamp"? We've
> seen it both ways.
This reminded me of the "time frame" or "timeframe" dilemma I
often deal with where I work. Sooo many people want to make it
one word--and maybe someday it will be--but as far as I and my
dictionaries know, it is still two words. I would assume the
same for "time stamp."
Beverly Parks
bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil
