| Date stamps are mechanical devices used to imprint | | | | exact date is arrived. This date is tested on a waste |
| date on large bunches of documents, like notices | | | | paper by tapping the bossing on inkpad, and |
| calling meetings, stock certificates dispatch, or | | | | imprinting it. This is necessary because embossed |
| acknowledgement of receipt of tax filings. The dates | | | | numbers do not appear like normal numbers. After |
| relevant to such activities are very important as | | | | confirmation, the required date is affixed on the |
| there are legal stipulations relating to them. | | | | entire lot of documents, almost mechanically. Manual |
| Accordingly, the inwards and outwards departments | | | | implementation of such a procedure would be time |
| of all companies and government agencies have an | | | | consuming, laborious, and error prone. |
| inbuilt procedure for affixing date on the documents | | | | Rubber date stamps are inexpensive. They can be |
| being received or dispatched by them. | | | | used to represent dates in multiple formats, i.e., year, |
| Rubber date stamps are the most commonly used | | | | month, and date format, month, year and date |
| date stamps. These stamps have a wooden handle, | | | | format, or year, date and month format. They can |
| which is attached to a support pulley system on | | | | also be used with different color inks depending on |
| which 6 to 8 flat rubber bands are loaded. There are | | | | requirements. Of recent, rubber date stamps are |
| engravings on these rubber bands. In traditional | | | | being designed to hold the dies of additional words |
| rubber date stamps, single digits from 0 to 9 are | | | | like "Confidential," "Copy," "Draft," etc. These words |
| carved in such a way that combinations of numbers | | | | help in organizing the documents more efficiently. |
| on these bands represent month, date and year. By | | | | Self-inking rubber date stamps are also available in |
| rotating the bands to obtain required numbers, the | | | | markets. |