Orion.Events TimeStamp field is.. Binary?! :s

Hey all,

I'm looking at the Orion.Events table for use in a reporting context and noticed that [for whatever reason] the TimeStamp field is 'System.Binary.' The closest thing to that I've found in C# is System.Data.Linq.Binary. So the first question is, are those compatible, or is there some other C# type that matches your 'System.Binary' ?

Next question is, how do I .. 'decode' / read the data from that field, and for that matter, what does this TimeStamp represent? (Given EventTime is a DateTime and thus appears to represent the actual date & time of the event.)

Thanks,

Scott Fraley