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

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