FTB-C000057 / Market data field

Publication Time

Publication time is when a source officially released or disseminated information.

Also known asrelease timepublished timestamp

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Definitions

In plain terms

A company fact may describe an earlier period but become public only when the filing or announcement is released.

Technical

Publication time is source-owned evidence and may differ from the first availability observed by a vendor or consumer because dissemination and transport introduce additional stages.

Scope

A displayed page date is not automatically a precise publication timestamp.

Examples

  • A governed dataset records publication time explicitly instead of inferring it from an ambiguous field.

Common misconceptions

  • Publication Time does not have one universal meaning without its stated market, source, and time context.

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Tutorials planned

These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.

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Evidence and governance

  1. Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-26
Next review
2027-07-26
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