diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73543a98..b066582b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ Rocket.toml
 media
 docker-compose.yml
 *.db
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-093322_create_instances/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-093322_create_instances/up.sql
index 095f2b6c..83702466 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-093322_create_instances/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-093322_create_instances/up.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CREATE TABLE instances (
     name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
     local BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 'f',
     blocked BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 'f',
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     open_registrations BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 't',
     short_description TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     long_description TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-151330_create_user/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-151330_create_user/up.sql
index c26055d6..4d088db3 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-151330_create_user/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-22-151330_create_user/up.sql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CREATE TABLE users (
     email TEXT,
     hashed_password TEXT,
     instance_id INTEGER REFERENCES instances(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     ap_url TEXT NOT NULL default '',
     private_key TEXT,
     public_key TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-101717_create_blogs/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-101717_create_blogs/up.sql
index 734d22de..caa99876 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-101717_create_blogs/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-101717_create_blogs/up.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE blogs (
     outbox_url VARCHAR NOT NULL,
     inbox_url VARCHAR NOT NULL,
     instance_id INTEGER REFERENCES instances(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     ap_url text not null default '',
     private_key TEXT,
     public_key TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-132822_create_posts/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-132822_create_posts/up.sql
index 88050a19..7b2aa072 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-132822_create_posts/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-04-23-132822_create_posts/up.sql
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE posts (
     content TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     published BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 'f',
     license VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT 'CC-0',
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     ap_url VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     subtitle TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     source TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-09-192013_create_comments/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-09-192013_create_comments/up.sql
index aec4ce1b..029a6004 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-09-192013_create_comments/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-09-192013_create_comments/up.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CREATE TABLE comments (
     in_response_to_id INTEGER REFERENCES comments(id),    
     post_id INTEGER REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     author_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     ap_url VARCHAR,
     sensitive BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT 'f',
     spoiler_text TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-10-154336_create_likes/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-10-154336_create_likes/up.sql
index 11b09d6a..1026af1d 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-10-154336_create_likes/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-10-154336_create_likes/up.sql
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ CREATE TABLE likes (
     user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     post_id INTEGER REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     ap_url VARCHAR NOT NULL default '',
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 )
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql
index 0266e416..06f2cdfa 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-13-122311_create_notifications/up.sql
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE notifications (
     id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
     user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     kind VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT 'unknown',
     object_id INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
 )
diff --git a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-19-091428_create_reshares/up.sql b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-19-091428_create_reshares/up.sql
index 9435b7d0..e571ad8c 100644
--- a/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-19-091428_create_reshares/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/sqlite/2018-05-19-091428_create_reshares/up.sql
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ CREATE TABLE reshares (
     user_id INTEGER REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     post_id INTEGER REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE CASCADE NOT NULL,
     ap_url VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-    creation_date INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    creation_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 )
diff --git a/plume-models/src/schema.rs b/plume-models/src/schema.rs
index d80f9c99..e7e6f3d1 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/schema.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/schema.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ table! {
         outbox_url -> Text,
         inbox_url -> Text,
         instance_id -> Integer,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         ap_url -> Text,
         private_key -> Nullable<Text>,
         public_key -> Text,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ table! {
         in_response_to_id -> Nullable<Integer>,
         post_id -> Integer,
         author_id -> Integer,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         ap_url -> Nullable<Text>,
         sensitive -> Bool,
         spoiler_text -> Text,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ table! {
         name -> Text,
         local -> Bool,
         blocked -> Bool,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         open_registrations -> Bool,
         short_description -> Text,
         long_description -> Text,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ table! {
         user_id -> Integer,
         post_id -> Integer,
         ap_url -> Text,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
     }
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ table! {
     notifications (id) {
         id -> Nullable<Integer>,
         user_id -> Integer,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         kind -> Text,
         object_id -> Integer,
     }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ table! {
         content -> Text,
         published -> Bool,
         license -> Text,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         ap_url -> Text,
         subtitle -> Text,
         source -> Text,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ table! {
         user_id -> Integer,
         post_id -> Integer,
         ap_url -> Text,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
     }
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ table! {
         email -> Nullable<Text>,
         hashed_password -> Nullable<Text>,
         instance_id -> Integer,
-        creation_date -> Integer,
+        creation_date -> Timestamp,
         ap_url -> Text,
         private_key -> Nullable<Text>,
         public_key -> Text,