startedat
Startedat is a field name or identifier used to represent the starting time of an event, task, or object in data models, databases, logs, or APIs. It denotes when something began and is commonly stored as a timestamp or datetime value. The exact spelling varies by project or language, with started_at (snake_case), startedAt (camelCase), and, less commonly, startedat (concatenated) appearing in different systems. The choice of form typically reflects the surrounding naming conventions of a codebase or data store.
In practice, startedat is usually implemented as a timestamp with time zone or a equivalent datetime type.
Common use cases include logging the moment a job starts, marking the initiation of user sessions, and
Best practices favor consistent naming across the project, storing times in UTC, and documenting the field’s