firebase.database.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP return an Object

Question

I'm working on a web project with Firebase. I call:

firebase.database.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP

and it returns:

{.sv: "timestamp"}

How will I get time of Firebase server with javascript?

Answer 1

This is what I had to do:

firebase.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp()

Source:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.firestore.FieldValue

Answer 2

Just to add some more to answer from @cartant:

admin.database.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP returns a non-null Object and is a placeholder value for auto-populating the current timestamp. It doesn't contain the actual timestamp. The database will replace this placeholder when it will execute the command.

It works as you expect when you are using it inside a database.ref but outside of it is just an useless Object.

See this SO Answer for more.