Re: timestamp datatype cleanup

 >>conveniences of the backend coding environment in a frontend application

I don't think this is required.  I'm thinking about light-weight wrappers around 
A-2-B style converters, no ties to the backend or client.  A free standing util 
library.  The idea doesn't require a backend environment.
>>want to tighten up the expectations on backend datatypes to try>>to make them work in a frontend-ish environment.

Making timestamp2tm or tm2timestamp (for example) work in the backend as well as 
the client seems rather straight forward, unless I am missing something.  I am 
not talking about making the data type functional: like add, divide, multiply 
funtions.  I am only referring to data type converters.
>>The chances of that happening reliably are about nil.

Why?  Again, I could be missing something.

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