Thanks Paul for this useful information, while I'm not going to be making anyone a cupcake here, I will say that the Meta Box script linked from this post does provide an update for extensions, and has answered Lean's frustrations with a sample meta box extension class & method. Using the provided extension with Paul's tips provides a way for me to insert unix based time formatting to properly sort my CPT's by date.
Thanks Paul for this useful information, while I'm not going to be making anyone a cupcake here, I will say that the Meta Box script linked from this post does provide an update for extensions, and has answered Lean's frustrations with a sample meta box extension class & method. Using the provided extension with Paul's tips provides a way for me to insert unix based time formatting to properly sort my CPT's by date.