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[constantinemelios]

Tell us what’s happening:
I can’t pass The date property of any object in the log array that is returned from GET /api/users/:_id/logs should be a string. Use the dateString format of the Date API.

Although I use the .toStringDate() and my res is something like this
{“username”:“Constantine”,“count”:1,“_id”:“637023e4a86b9bc72f118687”,“log”:[{“description”:“Yes”,“duration”:56,“date”:“Sat Nov 12 2022”}]}

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[Salathor]

I just tested yours in the FCC program and it passed (which is a problem since this is the one I’m working on too! I’ll have to pretend I failed until I pass my own ). Did you fix something?

[constantinemelios]

Nope I am still failing. What’s your locale Europe or US?

[Salathor]

I’m in US. Passed right away.

One thing I would note however, that I saw right away: you aren’t using the SECRETS or ENV tab. Your database password is exposed in your index.js file. Very dangerous!

Edit: here’s how I connect to mongo:

const mySecret = process.env['MONGO_URI'];
mongoose.connect(mySecret, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true })
  .then(()=>{console.log("Connected successfully to MongoDB")})
  .catch(err=>{console.log("Connection error.")});

[constantinemelios]

Oops you are right thx

[constantinemelios]

I tried VPN to US but still not passing the tests!

[lasjorg]

It passes for me as well.

If your local time is close to midnight avoid running the test. It is the only time I have seen issues with tests that rely on time. Do it before 23:00 or after 01:00 (or as far away from midnight as possible).

[Salathor]

Just a weird follow up for me on this one–I finished my project and ALSO was passing all tests except for the final date one. I took the night off (I’m on the west coast of US) and booted it up this morning. I passed the final test without making any changes to my code. Maybe something was just a little hinky yesterday on the test server?