MongoDB to DreamFactory translation of Date values

Connecting to NoSQL
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Apparently, there is a MongoDB to DreamFactory translation of Date data going on.

On my MongoLab data, a Date looks like this:

"GameDate": {
           "$date": "2014-09-20T00:00:00.000Z"
}```

When I read this data in with AngularJS via DreamFactory, I get back a Date object that looks like:
```Object {sec: 1409184000, usec: 0}``` 

For which the 10 digit "sec"onds value represents the JavaScript date:
Fri Jan 16 1970 23:26:24 GMT-0800 (PST), about 44 years off.

How do I format a real Date with this MongoDB Date data and more so, how do I post a valid Date using the DreamFactory methods?

Thanks for any clues I can use.
2

Hey Alan, sorry for the delay. We’re looking into this (saw your support request too). Mark will be in touch by Monday and we’ll post an answer here as well.

3

Alan,

My apologies for the delayed response. One of our engineers is looking into this right now, so I’ll get right back with you as soon I have a solid answer. For now though, have a look at these couple of posts I saw on stack:

MongoDB ISO Timedate

Storing Dates in Mongo and using in AngularJS

If you haven’t seen these already, they may be able to provide a bit of insight. Note that this issue is related to both angular and jquery.

I’ll be back in touch shortly.

Thanks,

  • Mark