Inserting a momentjs object in Meteor Collection

Question

I have a simple Meteor collection and I am trying to insert a document that has a momentjs property into it. So I do:

docId = Col.insert({m: moment()});
         


        

Answer 1

I strongly recommend storing dates as Date objects and using moment to format them after they are fetched. For example:

Posts.insert({message: 'hello', createdAt: new Date});

Then later when you want to display the date:

var date = Posts.findOne().createdAt;
moment(date).format('MMMM DD, YYYY');