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Vapor pass date parameter

In my Vapor 3 app, I have an Event model, which has the properties startDate: Date and endDate: Date.
Now, I'm wondering how to pass those date values in a POST request. In Postman, I tried the following in x-www-form-urlencoded:

startDate -> 2019-03-14

This returns the error below:

Could not convert to Double: str(\"2019-03-14\")

Apparently, Date turns into Double.
So, instead, what value do I need to pass?

Note

I know, that, in Postman, I can insert {{$timestamp}}, but 1) this doesn't answer my question when using the API outside Postman and 2) this doesn't allow me to enter a date other than now.

Solution

  • I realized that the Date object is returned in the following format when queried:

    2021-12-31T14:29:00Z

    So this is what I tried to pass and that worked! No need for any custom decoding.