diff --git a/src/main/data/db/schemas/ocr/provider.ts b/src/main/data/db/schemas/ocr/provider.ts
index a7bb078613..47cb91c30e 100644
--- a/src/main/data/db/schemas/ocr/provider.ts
+++ b/src/main/data/db/schemas/ocr/provider.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const ocrProviderTable = sqliteTable(
      */
     config: text('config', { mode: 'json' }).$type<OcrProviderConfig>().notNull(),
 
-    /** Timestamps. May not useful. */
+    /** Unix timestamp (milliseconds since epoch) for creation and last update. */
     ...createUpdateTimestamps
   },
   (t) => [index('name').on(t.name)]
diff --git a/src/main/services/ocr/OcrService.ts b/src/main/services/ocr/OcrService.ts
index 53bb619c4a..bce1e3b01a 100644
--- a/src/main/services/ocr/OcrService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/ocr/OcrService.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class OcrService {
       throw new Error(`OCR provider ${update.id} not found`)
     }
     const found = providers[0]
-    const newProvider = { ...merge({}, found, update), updatedAt: dayjs().unix() } satisfies DbOcrProvider
+    const newProvider = { ...merge({}, found, update), updatedAt: dayjs().valueOf() } satisfies DbOcrProvider
     const [updated] = await dbService
       .getDb()
       .update(ocrProviderTable)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class OcrService {
       throw new Error(`OCR provider ${create.id} already exists`)
     }
 
-    const timestamp = dayjs().unix()
+    const timestamp = dayjs().valueOf()
     const newProvider = {
       ...create,
       createdAt: timestamp,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class OcrService {
       .where(eq(ocrProviderTable.id, provider.id))
       .limit(1)
 
-    const timestamp = dayjs().unix()
+    const timestamp = dayjs().valueOf()
     if (providers.length === 0) {
       const newProvider = {
         ...provider,