Using created Time Stamp Instead of Current Date MongooseJS

Question

When I use the GET request I am trying to have my data appear with my blogpost.date timestamp in mm/dd/yyyy format and show the date when it was created. The issue that I am running into is that my data is appearing with the current date & time and in the full timestamp format. I believe the my mongoose model is correctly set up, but it could be an issue with how I am requesting the data in my routes.js.

1) Should I remove Date.now from my schema to fix the current timestamp issue? 2) Would the date formatting occur in my model or most likely formatting in the routes.js file?

blogModel.js:

var mongoose    = require('mongoose');
var mongoosePaginate = require('mongoose-paginate');
var Schema      = mongoose.Schema;



var BlogPostSchema  = new Schema({
        title: String,
        author: String,
        tagline: String,
        content: String,
        category: String,
        tags: { type: String, lowercase: true },
        date: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
});

BlogPostSchema.plugin( mongoosePaginate );

var Blogpost = mongoose.model("Blogpost", BlogPostSchema);



module.exports = mongoose.model('Blogpost', BlogPostSchema);

routes.js:

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var blogDB = require('../config/blogDB.js');
var Blogpost = require('./models/blogModel.js');
var paginate = require('express-paginate');

//index 
router.use(paginate.middleware(10, 50));

    router.route('/') 

        // START POST method
        .post(function(req, res) {

            var blogpost = new Blogpost(); // create a new instance of a Blogpost model

            blogpost.title = req.body.title; // set the blog title
            blogpost.author = req.body.author; // set the author name
            blogpost.tagline = req.body.tagline; // set the tagline
            blogpost.content = req.body.content; // set the blog content
            blogpost.category = req.body.category; // set the category
            blogpost.tags = req.body.tags; // set the tags
            blogpost.date = req.body.date; // set the date of the post
                //Save Blog Post
                blogpost.save(function(err) {
                    if (err)
                        res.send(err);

                    res.json({ message: 'Blog created.' });
                });

        }) // END POST method


        // START GET method
        .get(function(req, res, next) {

            Blogpost.paginate({}, req.query.page, req.query.limit, function(err, pageCount, blogpost, itemCount) {




                if (err) return next(err)

                        if (err)
                            res.send(err);


                        blogpost.title = req.body.title; // get the blog title
                        blogpost.author = req.body.author; // get the author name
                        blogpost.tagline = req.body.tagline; // get tagline
                        blogpost.content = req.body.content; // get the blog content
                        blogpost.category = req.body.category; // get the category
                        blogpost.tags = req.body.tags; // get the tags
                        blogpost.date = req.body.date; // get the date of the post


                        res.format({
                            html: function() {
                                res.render('pages/index', {
                                    blogpost: blogpost,
                                    pageCount: pageCount,
                                    itemCount: itemCount
                                })
                            },
                            json: function() {

                                res.json({
                                    object: 'blogpost',
                                    has_more: paginate.hasNextPages(req)(pageCount),
                                    data: blogpost
                                })
                            }
                        }); // END res.format(html, json)
            }); // END Blogpost.paginate
        }); // END GET method

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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The easiest way to set the date in your Schema is to let the Schema do it by the default option.

date: { type: Date, default: Date.now }

That is enough. You haven't to set it on your blog entry creation.

So remove this line:

 blogpost.date = req.body.date; // set the date of the post

If you want to add your own timestamp (what I wouldn't recommend), then just set your data type to String/Number and remove the default option:

 date: { type: String }

I would format the date when you get your blogpost(s)

Check this out Timestamp to human readable format

Do you use AngularJs? If so, check the AngularJs date filter out.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 02 '14 at 18:25

BastianW

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Hey @BastianW thanks for the answer. So you're saying that removing the blogpost.date = req.body.date will solve the issue where I am receiving the exact same date for every post when I GET every post with my '/' route? – cphill Oct 04 '14 at 15:04
Yes. `default: Date.now` will automatically add the 'date' field when you insert a blogpost. You will receive the creation time then on your GET calls. – BastianW Oct 05 '14 at 17:02

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