---
title: "SourceTime"
description: "a time of a source object, with what it means"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/sourcetime
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# SourceTime

a time of a source object, with what it means

[figure: SourceTime is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `field` | `text` | yes |  |
| `basis` | `one of published \| scheduled \| first seen \| captured \| imported \| retrieved` | yes | published, scheduled and first seen say when the thing happened; captured, imported and retrieved say when a reading of it was taken, and fill a fact's time with the basis read |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns SourceTime directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.