How do I get a server timestamp from Firebase's iOS API?

Question

I have an iOS app that uses Firebase and currently has a few dictionaries with keys that are NSDate objects. The obvious issue with this is that NSDate draws from the devic

Answer 1

As of Firebase 4.0 you can use ServerValue.timestamp()

for example:

    let ref = Database.database().reference().child("userExample")
    let values = ["fullName": "Joe Bloggs", "timestamp": ServerValue.timestamp()] as [String : Any]

    ref.updateChildValues(values) { (err, ref) in

        if let err = err {
            print("failed to upload user data", err)
            return
        }

    }