diff --git a/app/peppy/score.go b/app/peppy/score.go
index 23fe71f..c2e581b 100644
--- a/app/peppy/score.go
+++ b/app/peppy/score.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ORDER BY `+sb+` DESC LIMIT `+strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 1
 			s         osuapi.GSScore
 			fullcombo bool
 			mods      int
-			date      common.OsuTime
+			date      common.UnixTimestamp
 			accuracy  float64
 		)
 		err := rows.Scan(
diff --git a/app/peppy/user_x.go b/app/peppy/user_x.go
index 5a3ff45..260e79a 100644
--- a/app/peppy/user_x.go
+++ b/app/peppy/user_x.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package peppy
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"git.zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 	"git.zxq.co/x/getrank"
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
 			curscore osuapi.GUSScore
-			rawTime  string
+			rawTime  common.UnixTimestamp
 			acc      float64
 			fc       bool
 			mods     int
@@ -80,16 +79,7 @@ func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 		}
 		curscore.FullCombo = osuapi.OsuBool(fc)
 		curscore.Mods = osuapi.Mods(mods)
-		t, err := time.Parse(common.OsuTimeFormat, rawTime)
-		// silently ignore ParseErrors. should probably put something in the
-		// cron to restrict all users who have an "unusual" time format in
-		// their scores.
-		if _, ok := err.(*time.ParseError); !ok && err != nil {
-			c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
-			c.Error(err)
-			return
-		}
-		curscore.Date = osuapi.MySQLDate(t)
+		curscore.Date = osuapi.MySQLDate(rawTime)
 		curscore.Rank = strings.ToUpper(getrank.GetRank(
 			osuapi.Mode(m),
 			curscore.Mods,
diff --git a/app/v1/score.go b/app/v1/score.go
index 9f6c162..dc37148 100644
--- a/app/v1/score.go
+++ b/app/v1/score.go
@@ -9,23 +9,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 type score struct {
-	ID         int            `json:"id"`
-	BeatmapMD5 string         `json:"beatmap_md5"`
-	Score      int64          `json:"score"`
-	MaxCombo   int            `json:"max_combo"`
-	FullCombo  bool           `json:"full_combo"`
-	Mods       int            `json:"mods"`
-	Count300   int            `json:"count_300"`
-	Count100   int            `json:"count_100"`
-	Count50    int            `json:"count_50"`
-	CountGeki  int            `json:"count_geki"`
-	CountKatu  int            `json:"count_katu"`
-	CountMiss  int            `json:"count_miss"`
-	Time       common.OsuTime `json:"time"`
-	PlayMode   int            `json:"play_mode"`
-	Accuracy   float64        `json:"accuracy"`
-	PP         float32        `json:"pp"`
-	Completed  int            `json:"completed"`
+	ID         int                  `json:"id"`
+	BeatmapMD5 string               `json:"beatmap_md5"`
+	Score      int64                `json:"score"`
+	MaxCombo   int                  `json:"max_combo"`
+	FullCombo  bool                 `json:"full_combo"`
+	Mods       int                  `json:"mods"`
+	Count300   int                  `json:"count_300"`
+	Count100   int                  `json:"count_100"`
+	Count50    int                  `json:"count_50"`
+	CountGeki  int                  `json:"count_geki"`
+	CountKatu  int                  `json:"count_katu"`
+	CountMiss  int                  `json:"count_miss"`
+	Time       common.UnixTimestamp `json:"time"`
+	PlayMode   int                  `json:"play_mode"`
+	Accuracy   float64              `json:"accuracy"`
+	PP         float32              `json:"pp"`
+	Completed  int                  `json:"completed"`
 }
 
 // beatmapScore is to differentiate from userScore, as beatmapScore contains
diff --git a/common/osu_time_format.go b/common/osu_time_format.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 56b44ea..0000000
--- a/common/osu_time_format.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package common
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// OsuTimeFormat is the time format for scores in the DB. Can be used with time.Parse etc.
-const OsuTimeFormat = "060102150405"
-
-// OsuTime is simply a time.Time, but can be used to convert an
-// osu timestamp in the database into a native time.Time.
-type OsuTime time.Time
-
-func (s *OsuTime) setTime(t string) error {
-	newTime, err := time.Parse(OsuTimeFormat, t)
-	if _, ok := err.(*time.ParseError); err != nil && !ok {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err == nil {
-		*s = OsuTime(newTime)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Scan decodes src into an OsuTime.
-func (s *OsuTime) Scan(src interface{}) error {
-	if s == nil {
-		return errors.New("rippleapi/common: OsuTime is nil")
-	}
-	switch src := src.(type) {
-	case int64:
-		return s.setTime(strconv.FormatInt(src, 64))
-	case float64:
-		return s.setTime(strconv.FormatInt(int64(src), 64))
-	case string:
-		return s.setTime(src)
-	case []byte:
-		return s.setTime(string(src))
-	case nil:
-		// Nothing, leave zero value on timestamp
-	default:
-		return errors.New("rippleapi/common: unhandleable type")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// MarshalJSON -> time.Time.MarshalJSON
-func (s OsuTime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return time.Time(s).MarshalJSON()
-}
-
-// UnmarshalJSON -> time.Time.UnmarshalJSON
-func (s *OsuTime) UnmarshalJSON(x []byte) error {
-	t := new(time.Time)
-	err := t.UnmarshalJSON(x)
-	*s = OsuTime(*t)
-	return err
-}