Using created Time Stamp Instead of Current Date MongooseJS - node.js

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

Answer 1

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.