object.createdAt is nil but object["createdAt"] is not

[xissburg]

This is true for an object that was not yet saved (or is being saved). Here is the output of a debug session:

(lldb) po chatMessage
<ChatMessage: 0x1742ccc50, objectId: new, localId: local_be0ecc71f3af9817> {
    author = "<PFUser: 0x1701192c0, objectId: 1Nii4IsZc1, localId: (null)>";
    body = "The only thing I don't think tha";
    chat = "<Chat: 0x1742d03e0, objectId: o5IWJ2bNq1, localId: (null)>";
    createdAt = "2015-10-15 23:18:38 +0000";
    status = 0;
    updatedAt = "2015-10-15 23:18:38 +0000";
}

(lldb) po chatMessage.createdAt
nil

(lldb) po chatMessage
<ChatMessage: 0x1742ccc50, objectId: new, localId: local_be0ecc71f3af9817> {
    author = "<PFUser: 0x1701192c0, objectId: 1Nii4IsZc1, localId: (null)>";
    body = "The only thing I don't think tha";
    chat = "<Chat: 0x1742d03e0, objectId: o5IWJ2bNq1, localId: (null)>";
    createdAt = "2015-10-15 23:18:38 +0000";
    status = 0;
    updatedAt = "2015-10-15 23:18:38 +0000";
}

(lldb) po chatMessage.updatedAt
nil

(lldb) po chatMessage["createdAt"]
2015-10-15 23:18:38 +0000

[richardjrossiii]

Thanks for the report, looking into it now.

[richardjrossiii]

I'm unable to reproduce locally, might I ask how you are creating this object?

Nowhere in the client SDK do we manually set createdAt / updatedAt, so the fact that those fields exist at all indicate to me that you may be trying to manually set these fields, which is not supported by the SDK.

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[xissburg]

Ouch, yes, I am setting the dates manually:

chatMessage.setValue(NSDate(), forKey: "createdAt")
chatMessage.setValue(NSDate(), forKey: "updatedAt")

That because I have to display the item immediately after it's created, before it gets saved.

Thanks.