Dateline definition

A phrase at the beginning of a newspaper or magazine article that gives the date and place of its origin.

The date and place of writing or issue, as given in a line in a letter, a newspaper, a dispatch, etc.

To furnish with a dateline.

(journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the date and place of origin.

To attach a dateline to a particular document.