feat(nocodb): add type cast for mysql

packages/nocodb-nest/src/utils/NcConfigFactory.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { promisify } from 'util';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import parseDbUrl from 'parse-database-url';
 import { SqlClientFactory } from '../db/sql-client/lib/SqlClientFactory';
+import dayjs from 'dayjs';
+import utc from 'dayjs/plugin/utc';
 // import SqlClientFactory from '../db/sql-client/lib/SqlClientFactory';
 // import type {
 //   AuthConfig,
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ import { SqlClientFactory } from '../db/sql-client/lib/SqlClientFactory';
 //   animals,
 // } = require('unique-names-generator');
 
+dayjs.extend(utc);
+
 type NcConfig = any;
 type DbConfig = any;
 
@@ -236,6 +240,11 @@ export default class NcConfigFactory {
         acquireConnectionTimeout: 600000,
       } as any;
 
+      dbConfig.connection = this.addTypeCastConfig(
+        url.protocol,
+        dbConfig.connection,
+      );
+
       if (process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED) {
         dbConfig.connection.ssl = true;
       }
@@ -297,6 +306,16 @@ export default class NcConfigFactory {
       .replace(/[ -]/g, '_');*/
   }
 
+  private static addTypeCastConfig(clientType: string, connection) {
+    if (clientType.startsWith('mysql')) {
+      connection = {
+        ...connection,
+        ...this.mysqlConnectionTypeCastConfig,
+      };
+    }
+    return connection;
+  }
+
   static async metaUrlToDbConfig(urlString) {
     const url = new URL(urlString);
 
@@ -348,6 +367,12 @@ export default class NcConfigFactory {
             }
           : {}),
       };
+
+      dbConfig.connection = this.addTypeCastConfig(
+        url.protocol,
+        dbConfig.connection,
+      );
+
       if (process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED) {
         dbConfig.connection.ssl = true;
       }
@@ -511,6 +536,11 @@ export default class NcConfigFactory {
       };
     }
 
+    dbConfig.connection = this.addTypeCastConfig(
+      dbConfig.client,
+      dbConfig.connection,
+    );
+
     // todo:
     const key = '';
     Object.assign(dbConfig, {
@@ -744,6 +774,22 @@ export default class NcConfigFactory {
     return res;
   }
 
+  // mysql driver will cast mysql types into native JavaScript types by default
+  // hence we use typeCast to convert to the expected value (UTC) for date time fields
+  private static mysqlConnectionTypeCastConfig = {
+    typeCast: function (field, next) {
+      if (field.type === 'DATETIME' || field.type === 'TIMESTAMP') {
+        const d = dayjs(field.string());
+        if (!d.isValid()) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        return d.utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss');
+      }
+      return next();
+    },
+    timezone: '+00:00',
+  };
+
   // public static initOneClickDeployment() {
   //   if (process.env.NC_ONE_CLICK) {
   //     const url = NcConfigFactory.extractXcUrlFromJdbc(process.env.DATABASE_URL);