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Asked: 2026-06-11T00:11:30+00:00

What I want is: 1. When a transaction is performed, the current time is

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What I want is:
1. When a transaction is performed, the current time is recorded
2. Timezone info is also stored so that the time will be converted automatically based on client-side timezone

So TIMESTAMP sounds like a perfect choice for me, but it turns out that the range is too small (1970-2038) for applications that need to stand long. So I wonder how I can get around this limitation. I know that DATETIME has a much wider range, but it doesn’t seem to fulfill requirement no. 2, may I have your ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You probably need to store the timezone offset in a separate field and store using a DATETIME that’s represented in UTC as you should for all dates and times unless you have a very good reason.

    The full time-zone name would need to be expressed because the time-zone offset alone is not as meaningful. For example, -0400 could refer to Eastern Daylight Time or Central Standard Time.

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