Hey Matt, > No it isn't, because it stops you being able to do date math on your DB. > > One of the intentions of this feature is that once it's fully supported > across all the databases we handle it'll make Epoch unnecessary. If the > ::Epoch author's about on this list, shout because I'd appreciate your > input here.
*shouts* My co-worker (Adam) and I wrote that component. Basically, we agree that auto-inflation of actual date/datetime fields would be a better option. Though, there is likely a place for the component to exist for "legacy" schemas using epoch timestamps. -Brian _______________________________________________ List: http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/
