From d84f12f4eafafdbaac8740b608d8ae0b834fa196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manish <manish@radii.dev>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:57:58 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Imp: factored out date processing code

---
 index.js | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0ae68e0..ee1195e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -65,12 +65,7 @@ app.get("/api/users", (req, res) => {
     });
 });
 
-app.post("/api/users/:_id/exercises", (req, res) => {
-  const _id = req.params._id;
-  const description = req.body.description;
-  const duration = req.body.duration;
-
-  let date = req.body.date;
+const getDateInTicks = (date) => {
   // current time in tick if no date specified
   if (!date) date = new Date().getTime();
   // Convert String to Number if date specified in ticks
@@ -78,6 +73,15 @@ app.post("/api/users/:_id/exercises", (req, res) => {
   // get date ticks from ticks Number or date String
   date = new Date(date).getTime();
   // date will be NaN if invalid date String is provided
+  return date;
+};
+
+app.post("/api/users/:_id/exercises", (req, res) => {
+  const _id = req.params._id;
+  const description = req.body.description;
+  const duration = req.body.duration;
+
+  let date = getDateInTicks(req.body.date);
   if (Number.isNaN(Number(date))) {
     res.status(400);
     return res.json({ error: `Input date: '${req.body.date}' is not valid` });