clinic timestamp

clnc_ts

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The date and time value for a outpatient care facility. Used to track temporal information related to clinic timestamp. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for clinic management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

clnc_ts

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  clnc_ts TIMESTAMP_NTZ,  -- clinic timestamp (no timezone)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  clnc_ts as clinic_timestamp
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
clnc_ts

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  clnc_ts      TIMESTAMP_NTZ,  -- clinic timestamp (no timezone)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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