createdAt timestamp

lib/datastore.js

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ var customUtils = require('./customUtils')
 /**
  * Create a new collection
  * @param {String} options.filename Optional, datastore will be in-memory only if not provided
- * @param {Boolean} options.inMemoryOnly Optional, default to false
+ * @param {Boolean} options.timestampData Optional, defaults to false. If set to true, createdAt and updatedAt will be created and populated automatically (if not specified by user)
- * @param {Boolean} options.nodeWebkitAppName Optional, specify the name of your NW app if you want options.filename to be relative to the directory where
+ * @param {Boolean} options.inMemoryOnly Optional, defaults to false
+ * @param {String} options.nodeWebkitAppName Optional, specify the name of your NW app if you want options.filename to be relative to the directory where
  *                                            Node Webkit stores application data such as cookies and local storage (the best place to store data in my opinion)
  * @param {Boolean} options.autoload Optional, defaults to false
  * @param {Function} options.onload Optional, if autoload is used this will be called after the load database with the error object as parameter. If you don't pass it the error will be thrown
@@ -319,10 +320,10 @@ Datastore.prototype.prepareDocumentForInsertion = function (newDoc) {
     preparedDoc = [];
     newDoc.forEach(function (doc) { preparedDoc.push(self.prepareDocumentForInsertion(doc)); });
   } else {
-    if (newDoc._id === undefined) {
+    if (newDoc._id === undefined) { newDoc._id = this.createNewId(); }
-      newDoc._id = this.createNewId();
-    }
     preparedDoc = model.deepCopy(newDoc);
+    //if (preparedDoc._id === undefined) { preparedDoc._id = this.createNewId(); }
+    if (this.timestampData && preparedDoc.createdAt === undefined) { preparedDoc.createdAt = new Date(); }
     model.checkObject(preparedDoc);
   }