Question

I’m wondering what will happen after 2038-01-19 03:14:07 with table fields using TIMESTAMP as data type?

I always preferred DATETIME but you apparently can’t assign CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as default value to that type. I mean, 28 years is not so long when you think about it (in my opinion anyway)… So what will happen to all those TIMESTAMP fields then?

Answer 1

You may not be able to assign CURRENT_TIMESTAMP to a DATETIME column, but you can assign NOW() to it.

As for the y2k+38 issue, I’m willing to bet there will be newer versions of MySQL that will address this long before it is a real concern.