How can i work with dates?
I have a date picker and sending the date as a string to the backend, I want to be able to query by month. I may be doing this completely wrong, so any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
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So in convex backend , add use node on the top
and do use like this
new Date(time from your database as string).toUTCString()Thanks!
Just to link to the existing docs in this area: https://docs.convex.dev/database/types#working-with-dates-and-times
Your main options are to store the date as a number (ms since epoch) or as a string in a standard format -- there are several js libraries for dealing with Date strings (usually backed by
Date.parse which works in both the Convex runtime and node)Data Types | Convex Developer Hub
All Convex documents are defined as Javascript objects. These objects can have
"want to be able to query by month"
Dates are hard (as the docs Sarah linked to allude to). This description is ambiguous. Depending on what you need, you can either:
- query from some start timestamp (beginning of a month in some timezone) to some end timestamp
- store the actual date string in YYYY/MM/DD format then query lexicographically