-- SELECT * FROM tbl -- the time-field and time-end field gets converted to time.Time CREATE TABLE tbl ( -- note, in the timestmap below we must say `NULL` otherwise mysql-below-8 inserts current timestamp reallyt timestamp(6) NULL, -- reference real timestamp "time" real, n real, -- normal number, it should not get converted to a timestamp timeend bigint ); INSERT INTO tbl (reallyt, "time", n, timeend) VALUES ('2023-12-21T12:22:24', 1703161344, 1703161344, 1703161372), ('2023-12-21T12:20:33.408', 1703161233408, 1703161233408, 1703161312522), ('2023-12-21T12:20:41.050022', 1703161241050021888, 1703161241050021888, 1703161312522186000), (NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);