Uncaught ReferenceError: date is not defined

Question

Hey I'm trying to create a heartbeat that will tell me when a customer is done with a session.

My controller looks like this:

def update
  @customer = Customer.find(params[:id])
  @room = Room.find(params[:room_id])
  @customer.charge(@room)
  @customer.update_attribute(finished_at: DateTime.now)
  session[:customer_id] = nil

  respond_to do |format|
    format.js
    format.htmt { redirect_to root_url }
  end
end

now in my show.html.erb file I have this:

setInterval(function(){
  $.post("/customers/<%= current_customer.id %>", {finished_at: date.now()}, function(){});
}, 5000);

now when I check my console the error I get is:

Uncaught ReferenceError: date is not defined

There might be a couple of mistakes here, anybody knows whats up?

Answer 1

date is not the valid syntax.

Use Date not date, note the uppercase D

Date.now()

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