Paul, > >(Unix timestamps are ten digits, aren't they?). > No, they're fourteen digits: CCYYMMDDhhmmss
I think we might be talking about different things. A UNIX time stamp is ten digits long: http://www.unixtimestamp.com/ How MySQL stores it's own TIMESTAMP column is the format you describe. I want to know if there's any problem storing a UNIX timestamp purely as an integer in my MySQL database. -- Yoroshiku! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]