adding epoch function and making date a number

server/src/models/competition.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const competitionSchema = new Schema({
   displayName: String,
   host: String,
   description: String,
-  startDatetime: Date,
-  finishDatetime: Date,
+  startDatetime: Number,
+  finishDatetime: Number,
   formula: String,
   plotter: {
     codeName: String,

server/src/schema/mutations/HostCompetition.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   GraphQLNonNull,
+  GraphQLInt,
   GraphQLString
 } from 'graphql'
 import { CompetitionType } from '../types'
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@ import { slugify } from '../../utils/functions'
 const args = {
   displayName: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
   description: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
-  startDatetime: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
-  finishDatetime: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
+  startDatetime: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLInt) },
+  finishDatetime: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLInt) },
   formula: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) }
 }
 

server/src/schema/types/Competition.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   GraphQLObjectType,
+  GraphQLInt,
   GraphQLString,
   GraphQLList,
   GraphQLID
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ const CompetitionType = new GraphQLObjectType({
     displayName: { type: GraphQLString },
     host: { type: GraphQLString },
     description: { type: GraphQLString },
-    startDatetime: { type: GraphQLString },
-    finishDatetime: { type: GraphQLString },
+    startDatetime: { type: GraphQLInt },
+    finishDatetime: { type: GraphQLInt },
     formula: { type: GraphQLString },
     plotter: {
       type: PlotterType,

server/src/utils/functions.js

@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ export const slugify = (text) => {
     .replace(/-+$/, '')
 }
 
-export default { capitalize, slugify }
+export const epoch = () => {
+  return Math.round(new Date().getTime() / 1000)
+}