Fred, > An unsigned int is probably more appropriate for timestamps than a > signed int.
Thank you, that was the kind of advice I was looking for. And your point about not using UNIX time stamps for birthdays and things that could well be outside their date range is well taken. I'm only using it for events and people signing up for those events, so all the dates should be clustered around the present time. -- 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]