Hi folks. I was following the recommendation for server side timestamps by using the following: ``` ...

# exposed

[James Myers]

Hi folks. I was following the recommendation for server side timestamps by using the following:

val updatedAt = datetime("updated_at").defaultExpression(CurrentDateTime())

I was looking at the following chunk for using the EntityHook and it wasn’t clear how to leverage the CurrentDateTime here as well:

EntityHook.subscribe { action ->
            if (action.changeType == EntityChangeType.Updated) {
                action.toEntity(this)?.updatedAt = LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC())
            }
        }

I’ve tried looking through the code/docs but wasn’t able to find an example of how to do this properly. Is there something obvious that I’m missing here, or do these two not work very well together. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[dave08]

I think the EntityHook only applies to DAO api not the DSL...

[dave08]

If you want it for the DSL you'll probably need to implement your own insert or update function...

[James Myers]

Makes sense. Darn, was hoping to be able to leverage the same logic. Thanks for the help.