Meteor-files: How to sort records by some kind of timestamp?

[rlhk]

I'm looking for a way to sort records by created / modified time.
However I don't see any time related fields in the created mongoDB records.

(I'm using the latest version 1.8)
Any workaround? Thanks!

If it's a missing feature, I'm happy to submit a PR by adding a createdAt field.

[dr-dimitru]

Hello @rlhk ,

Pass timestamp into meta object, referred as settings.meta in the docs

And see this example

Let me know if it is helped.

[rlhk]

Hi @dr-dimitru , that works like a champ. First time to learn you could sort by nested attributes. Great flexibility 👍

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@rlhk

onInitiateUpload(file) {
    file.createdOn = new Date(); // semantic
    file.createdAt = new Date().getTime(); // value based
},

Above is the proper way to do it. Allowing the client to set the time means anyone in the debugger can create a fake time (spoof the time). Meta should be used for other information that is not security/time sensitive.