Timestamp as a data type

System Information
  • Strapi Version: 3.6.2
  • Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04
  • Database: MySql
  • Node Version: 12.18.0
  • NPM Version: 6.14.5
  • Yarn Version: -

I want to add timestamp as a data type for my date field so that it is easier to perform date operations. Where created_at and updated_at are in timestamp data type and while assigning a data type to a field, there we dont have timestamp. Here the logic breaks for date comparison of 2 different data types. Pls help urgentt.