diff --git a/changelog.d/audio/3275.misc.1.rst b/changelog.d/audio/3275.misc.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae239933b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/audio/3275.misc.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change timestamp from TEXt to INT during migration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/redbot/cogs/audio/audio.py b/redbot/cogs/audio/audio.py
index f9b7211d9..958f6f6f6 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/audio/audio.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/audio/audio.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class Audio(commands.Cog):
 
     async def _migrate_config(self, from_version: int, to_version: int) -> None:
         database_entries = []
-        time_now = str(datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc))
+        time_now = int(datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).timestamp())
         if from_version == to_version:
             return
         if from_version < 2 <= to_version: