some progress on setting dates correctly...

controllers/fitnessApp.js

@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
 const Exercises = require('../models/exercises')
+const moment = require('moment')
 
 module.exports = {
     getFitApp: async (req, res) => {
         console.log(req.user)
-        const userName = req.user
+
         try {
-           const exerciseItems = await Exercises.find({userId: req.user.id})
-           res.render('fitnessApp.ejs', {exercises: exerciseItems, userName: req.user.userName})  
+
+           const exerciseItems = await Exercises.find({$and: [ 
+                {userId: req.user.id}, 
+                {date: {'$gte': new Date(),
+                    '$lt': new Date()}
+
+            }]}) 
+
+           let currentDateInput = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD')
+
+           res.render('fitnessApp.ejs', {exercises: exerciseItems, userName: req.user.userName, currentDateInput})  
+
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.log(err)
+        }
+    },
+
+    setDate: async (req, res) => {
+        try {
+            // TO DO
         } catch (err) {
             console.log(err)
         }

models/exercises.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const moment = require('moment')
 
 const ExerciseSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
     name: {

package.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "express-flash": "^0.0.2",
     "express-session": "^1.17.3",
     "method-override": "^3.0.0",
+    "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "mongodb": "^6.1.0",
     "mongoose": "^7.5.3",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",

public/assets/js/fitnessApp.js

@@ -60,24 +60,6 @@ async function quoteApiRequest() {
 
 }
 
-// date setting...for now. This needs to be done via backend so I can populate based off it.
-function defaultDate () {
-    let myDate, day, month, year, date
-
-    myDate = new Date
-    day = myDate.getDate()
-    if (day < 10){
-        day = '0' + day
-    }
-    month = myDate.getMonth() + 1
-    if (month < 10){
-        month = '0' + month
-    }
-    year = myDate.getFullYear()
-    date = `${year}-${month}-${day}`
-
-    document.getElementById('date').value = date
-}
 
 //show exerciseBank
 function showExerciseBank () {
@@ -151,7 +133,6 @@ const exercises = {
     }
 }
 
-defaultDate()
 populateExerciseBank()
 quoteApiRequest()
 

views/fitnessApp.ejs

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 							<section id="content" class="main fitnessBody">
 								<span class="image main"><img class="fitnessAppImg" src="images/trainingPlaceholderLarge.jpg" alt="" /></span>
 								<section class="date">
-									<input id='date' type="date" value=""/>
+									<form action="/fitnessApp/setDate" method="post">
+										<input id='date' type="date" value="<%= currentDateInput %>"/>
+										<button type="submit">Set Date</button>
+									</form>
 								</section>
 								<section class='exerciseList'>
 									<% exercises.forEach( el => { %>