However it may be represented, it IS a timestamp, so why not use a timestamp
data type if you have one available to you? That's what data types are for
after all...
> So, I'm recording the timestamp from some unix files.
>
> Any opinions as to whether it's best to use a "bigint"
> (which matches the file system data) or a "timestamp"
> (which might be easier to manipulate in the database)?
