Fixed user profile page error #2618
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| } else { | ||
| dispUserSince = dateFormatter.format(accessedUserProfile.user_since); | ||
| dispUserSince = dateFormatter.format( | ||
| new Date(parseInt(accessedUserProfile.user_since) * 1000), |
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question, blocking: Why multiply by 1000?
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Without multiplying by 1000, the date kept showing up as January 1st, 1970. This happened because accessedUserProfile.user_since is a Unix timestamp in seconds, but JavaScript’s Date expects timestamps in milliseconds. So we multiply by 1000 to format the date correctly.
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question, blocking: But when using this code with working profiles, I'm able to properly display the date without multiplying by 1000
When we actually write the record to the table, I believe we use JS Date, not something native to the database, for this exact purpose.
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| const POLICYENGINE_API = "https://api.policyengine.org"; | ||
| const POLICYENGINE_API = | ||
| process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL || "https://api.policyengine.org"; |
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question: Why add this environment variable?
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I added REACT_APP_API_URL for local development and testing. I wasn’t able to get the frontend and backend to connect properly without it. It defaults to the live API if not set, so production behavior isn’t affected. I left it in since it might be helpful for others running things locally, but I can remove it if it’s not needed.
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Fixes #2589
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