Firebase new Date()?

Question

I\'m new to Firebase and I was wondering how I can store a JavaScript date and use Firebase to compare them on the client side later?

I want to do something like:

Answer 1

You can also use timestamp.

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
myRootRef.set(timestamp);

myRootRef.on('value', function(snapshot) {
    var currDate = new Date();
    var snapshotTimestamp = snapshot.val();

    //you can operate on timestamps only...
    console.log("Snapshot timestamp: " + snapshotTimestamp);

    if(currDate.getTime() >= snapshotTimestamp) {
        //do something
    }

    //...or easily create date object with it  
    console.log("Snapshot full date: " + new Date(snapshotTimestamp));

    if (currDate >=  new Date(snapshotTimestamp)){
        //do something
    }

});

Answer 2

You need to set a Firebase with string or object with value, and than read the same value in the event.

    var someDate = new Date();
    myRootRef.set({Date: someDate.toString()});

    myRootRef.on('value', function(snapshot) {
    var msg = snapshot.val();
     var currDate = new Date();
    if (currDate >=  msg.Date){
     //do something
    }
    });