Date objects in cloud functions are not same as hosted parse

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I am calling a cloud function with parameters {date: new Date()}.

This is sent over the wire as:

{
  date: {
    __type: 'Date',
    iso: '1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00'
  }
}

In the hosted parse function, the date object is untouched

Parse.Cloud.define('dateF', (request, response) => {
  console.log(request.params.date.iso);
  // Prints ISO date string
});

In parse-server the date object gets flattned to just the date string:

Parse.Cloud.define('dateF', (request, response) => {
  console.log(request.params.date);
  // Prints ISO date string
  // Date is now a string not an object
  console.log(request.params.date.iso);
  // ^ does not work
});

Environment Setup

• Server
  • parse-server version: 2.2.15
  • Operating System: Mac OS X
  • Hardware: MBP
  • Localhost or remote server? Localhost
• Database
  • MongoDB version: 3.2.1
  • Storage engine: Default
  • Hardware: MBP
  • Localhost or remote server? Localhost

[codebreach]

Test failure:
drinklynk@b0d61f9

[flovilmart]

This seems to be related / opposite of #1826

@drew-gross where should we go from here?

[drew-gross]

I think we should always be matching Parse.com behaviour, even if that behaviour is weird.

[flovilmart]

I'll add it to #2297