# Event Time

> The time at which an event occurred, carried on the event and used to assign it to a window.

Record: `lex:event-time`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-event-time

## category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## referenced-by

- [Windowing](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/windowing.md)