BSONElement.h permits unsafe conversion of ::date to ::timestamp

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    • Priority: Major - P3
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      This issue was the root cause of a handful of bugs related to the timeseries write path 

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      This issue was the root cause of a handful of bugs related to the timeseries write path  SERVER-118945 and SERVER-94471    
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      The BSON element function ::timestamp will convert BSON elements of type ::date or ::timestamp.  However, these types are not compatible save for occupying the same memory footprint, making this functionality effectively a `bit_bast`.  

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            Benjamin Pearce
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