Cannot set date in beforeCreate hook - Strapi (beta14)

Question

Created a news model: News.js

beforeCreate: async (model, attrs) => {
  if (attrs['Date'] === null) {
    model.set('Date', '2030-00-00 00:00:00+00');
  }
}

When i create the post, if user didn't fill date field i want it to be pre-filled automatically. But model.set() seems to have no effect when i create a new page.

Answer 1

I suggest you use beforeSave function.

beforeSave: async (model, attrs, options) => {
  // detect if it's a creation or an update
  if (options.method === 'insert') {
    // statement for creation
    if (attrs['Date'] === null) {
      model.set('Date', '2030-00-00 00:00:00+00');
    }
  }
}