DateTime doesn't work as expected

[lukepighetti]

There are many issues on this already but I'll just illustrate it quite simply. The way dart_mappable handles dates out-of-the-box is unlike anything I've ever seen in a serialization package. Quite simply, any model with a DateTime cannot pass equality checks after it's been serialized and deserialized.

@MappableClass()
class DateTimeExample with DateTimeExampleMappable {
  final DateTime timestamp;

  DateTimeExample({required this.timestamp});
}


void main() async {
  final x = DateTimeExample(timestamp: DateTime(2020));
  final json = x.toJson();
  final x2 = DateTimeExampleMapper.fromJson(json);
  print("this should be true, it's ${x == x2}"); // "false"
}

[schultek]

There are some decisions I would do otherwise now, but I simply don't want to make a breaking change now.

DateTime encoding is one of them.

When I make a new major version I can change it.

[devberkay]

Amazing package but this issue deserves more attention since it is very fundamental—it’d be great to get an update. Thanks! 🙏

[cheymos]

Is there a temporary solution to fix this?

[schultek]

As a workaround, you can put DateTimeMapper.encodingMode = DateTimeEncoding.iso8601String in your main().