Moment.js and formatting on server side - meteor

Question

Need to know:
I'm using the latest version of meteor
I'm using the latest version of moment.js
This code is on the server side
var date = moment(new Date());
console.log(date.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS"));
I end up with this error
SyncedCron: Exception "count daily parks per spot" ReferenceError: moment is not defined
at spotIDList.forEach (app/server/main.js:66:18)
at SynchronousCursor.forEach (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:1054:16)
at Cursor.(anonymous function) [as forEach] (packages/mongo/mongo_driver.js:876:44)
at Object.job (app/server/main.js:62:16)
at packages/percolate_synced-cron.js:242:26
at scheduleTimeout (packages/percolate_synced-cron.js:290:7)
at packages/percolate_synced-cron.js:338:42
at Meteor.EnvironmentVariable.EVp.withValue (packages/meteor.js:1186:26)
at packages/meteor.js:502:25
at runWithEnvironment (packages/meteor.js:1238:24)
the snippet above comes from the following code
SyncedCron.add({
name: 'Simple Cron Function',
schedule: function(parser) {
// parser is a later.parse object
return parser.text('every 15 second');
},
job: function(intendedAt) {
var spotList = spots.find({});
spotList.forEach((spot) => {
var devaddr = `${spot.devaddr}`;
var date = moment(new Date());
console.log(date.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS"));
var dailyVisitsCount = log.find(
{
devaddr : devaddr,
car : "1",
createdAt: {
$gte: date.format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SS")
}
},
{
sort: {
createdAt:1
}
}
).count();
spots.update({devaddr : devaddr}, { $set: {numberOfParksToday: dailyVisitsCount } } , {multi: false}, function(err, res) {
if (err) throw err;
});
console.log("Daily Visits Count Updated to " + dailyVisitsCount);
});
}
});
Any insight to why this block of code is not working the way it should that would be appreciates.
I did find out that this problem occurred due to a bug in a previous release of meteor which has been fixed.
I'm just trying to get today's date in a format my DB accepts and use that to filter my results. alternative suggestions is also welcomed.
PS: Momnet.js works for me in different locations(client side code)
EDIT:
W20180312-08:03:15.324(-7)? (STDERR) app/server/main.js:1
W20180312-08:03:15.325(-7)? (STDERR) (function(Npm,Assets){(function(){import moment from 'moment'
W20180312-08:03:15.325(-7)? (STDERR) ^^^^^^
W20180312-08:03:15.325(-7)? (STDERR)
W20180312-08:03:15.325(-7)? (STDERR) SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
W20180312-08:03:15.326(-7)? (STDERR) at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
W20180312-08:03:15.327(-7)? (STDERR) at /home/elder/Desktop/Recreation-of-ParkeyeDashboard/ParkeyeDashboard/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:289:30
W20180312-08:03:15.327(-7)? (STDERR) at Array.forEach (native)
W20180312-08:03:15.329(-7)? (STDERR) at Function._.each._.forEach (/home/elder/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.14963jl++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
W20180312-08:03:15.330(-7)? (STDERR) at /home/elder/Desktop/Recreation-of-ParkeyeDashboard/ParkeyeDashboard/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:128:5
W20180312-08:03:15.330(-7)? (STDERR) at /home/elder/Desktop/Recreation-of-ParkeyeDashboard/ParkeyeDashboard/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:344:5
W20180312-08:03:15.330(-7)? (STDERR) at Function.run (/home/elder/Desktop/Recreation-of-ParkeyeDashboard/ParkeyeDashboard/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/profile.js:480:12)
W20180312-08:03:15.331(-7)? (STDERR) at /home/elder/Desktop/Recreation-of-ParkeyeDashboard/ParkeyeDashboard/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:343:11

Answer 1

You need to install the moment.js package:
meteor npm i --save moment
Then at the top of your file you need to import moment:
import moment from 'moment'
Then to get the date in a format the DB will accept using moment just do:
var date = moment().toDate()
Using moment() creates a moment object of the current date/time. Running toDate() on it gives you the same date/time in a Date object.