title: Store dates using Eloquent/Laravel
body: <p>What's a good way of storing a date in a Eloquent Model? I'm using PHP with Laravel framework.</p>
  
  <pre><code>class MyModel extends Eloquent {
    // I want a date field here... should it be:
    public $endTime = ?;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Should I use a integer timestamp which gets saved as an int? What's the behaviour if I use a Date object in a atributte and save that object?</p>