Unable to update document using serverTimeStamp #805

Author: EddyVerbruggen

demo-ng/app/tabs/firestore/firestore.component.ts

@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ export class FirestoreComponent {
         .update({
           name: "Woofieupdate",
           last: "updatedwoofie!",
-          updateTs: firebase.firestore().FieldValue().serverTimestamp(),
+          updateTs: firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp(),
+          updateTsAlt: firebase.firestore().FieldValue().serverTimestamp(),
           lastKnownLocation: firebase.firestore().GeoPoint(4.34, 5.67)
         })
         .then(() => console.log("Woofie updated"))

src/firebase-common.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export const firebase: any = {
   storage,
   mlkit,
   firestore: {
-    FieldValue,
+    FieldValue: {
+      serverTimestamp: () => "SERVER_TIMESTAMP"
+    },
     GeoPoint: (latitude: number, longitude: number) => new GeoPoint(latitude, longitude)
   },
   invites: {