> Because....?
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>It reflects the date time, potentially down to the millisecond, of when the DB server inserted/updated the row. Most people want and need that. :)
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>If you travel to 3 time zones this week and post messages on the UT from each time zone, what do you think is posted for a datetime when your message record is saved to his (Michel's) database?

Sometimes I want that, sometimes I don't. I don't see it as a hard and fast rule, which is the way you stated it.