12. An apparatus for marking a document comprising: a housing configured to be handheld having a display, an input element in communication with the display through which information to be marked on the document is entered and which appears on the display, a clock which keeps time and date, a stamp, and an activation element which when activated causes the stamp to mark the time and date and information on the document; wherein the stamp includes a thermal transfer printer; and wherein the housing has a protective cover on the stamp which retracts from the stamp, exposing the stamp, when the activation element is activated.
12. An apparatus for marking a document comprising: a housing configured to be handheld having a display, an input element in communication with the display through which information to be marked on the document is entered and which appears on the display, a clock which keeps time and date, a stamp, and an activation element which when activated causes the stamp to mark the time and date and information on the document; wherein the stamp includes a thermal transfer printer; and wherein the housing has a protective cover on the stamp which retracts from the stamp, exposing the stamp, when the activation element is activated. 13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the housing has a memory which stores the information inputted via the input element, the memory in communication with the input element.