Adopted doctrine

Defined term

Recorded At

The timestamp when the system recorded a fact or event.

Reviewed: July 2026
Current state: Event and audit records preserve recording timestamps.

Owning boundary: Recording system
Not equivalent to: Effective At · Occurred At
Verified identifiers: recordedAt · createdAt

Recorded At is when the system persisted a fact or event. It describes the system’s history rather than the business-effective time.