si2013 wrote:
Now, my question is, what exactly is 'unix numeric value' and why is firefox recording downloads in that format?
The reason why Firefox has adopted a Unix time representation is probably one of expediency: there's a lot of well-tested open-source code out there for handling and interpreting Unix timestamps that can be reused.
If you choose the other path, and invent your own time format, you will have to implement all that yourself. As well as test it.
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