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datetime.
timestamp will automatically update the time if you update any other field in the table. Therefore if you dont want the time to be updated each time you update a row, then you'll need to manually set the timestamp filed to NOW().
I prefer binary timestamps i.e. int(11) .. basicaly stored unix-timestamp, versus the database's versions.. but I write for multiple architectures.. so...