This plugin adds the ability to keep track of created_at and modified_at properties on models defined using the node-orm2 module.

npm install orm-timestamps 

You'll need orm to use this plugin, but other than that there are no external dependencies.

Any driver supported by ORM is supported by this plugin.

var orm = require('orm'), modts = require('orm-timestamps'); orm.connect("mysql://username:password@host/database", function(err, db) { if(err) throw err; db.use(modts, { createdProperty: 'created_at', modifiedProperty: 'modified_at', expireProperty: false, dbtype: { type: 'date', time: true }, now: function() { return new Date(); }, expire: function() { var d = new Date(); return d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() + 60); }, persist: true }); var user = db.define('user', { username: String, email: String, password: String }, { id: 'username', timestamp: true }); var userDetails = db.define('user_details', { username: String, first_name: String, last_name: String }, { id: 'username', timestamp: { createdProperty: false } }); });

• createdProperty string|false Determines the name of the property use to store the created timestamp (default "created_at"). If set to false, disables this property.
• modifiedProperty string|false Determines the name of the property used to store the modified timestamp (default "modified_at"). If set to false, disables this property.
• expireProperty string|false Determines the name of the property used to store the expiry timestamp for example "expires_at" (default false). If set to false, disables this property.
• dbtype object Allows you to set the type of column used by the DB to allow for custom data types (default { type: 'date', time: true }).
• now function Allows you to specify a custom function used to set the current time data for the database (default function() { return new Date(); }).
• expire function Allows you to specify a custom function used to set the expiry time data for the database (default function() { var d = new Date(); d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() + 60); return d; }).
• persist boolean Used to prevent creation and modification timestamps from being stored in the database (default true).

• Easy to add creation, modification and expiration date/time information to your models
• Highly customizable
• Supports existing beforeCreate/beforeSave hooks through the use of a robust wrapper function
• Allows values to be stored "in-memory" if usage scenarios don't require them to be stored in the database.
• Allows custom options to be set on a per-table basis if needed