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Re:MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation by rudiger on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:20AM (#6495840)
Can't you just store it in a regular 64-bit integer and know it's a datetime from your application's logic?

What do you gain with a native, high-resolution datatime type?

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Re:MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation by bqe on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:43AM (#6495998)
Automatic timezone conversion and the ability to add and subtract dates without first dropping to your 64-bit into. Think DATE_SUB(date time, INTERVAL 1 HOUR) from MySQL for instance.
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