fix: coerce date array properties

lib/list.js

@@ -67,8 +67,14 @@ function List(items, itemType, parent) {
     if (isClass(this.itemType)) {
       return new this.itemType(item);
     } else {
-      if (Array.isArray(item)) return item;
-      else return this.itemType(item);
+      if (Array.isArray(item)) {
+        return item;
+      } else if (this.itemType === Date) {
+        if (item === null) return null;
+        return new Date(item);
+      } else {
+        return this.itemType(item);
+      }
     }
   };
 

test/datatype.test.js

@@ -52,6 +52,54 @@ describe('datatypes', function() {
     });
     Account.definition.properties.item.type.should.not.equal(String);
   });
+  it('should resolve array prop with connector specific metadata', function() {
+    const model = db.define('test', {
+      randomReview: {
+        type: [String],
+        mongodb: {
+          dataType: 'Decimal128',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    model.definition.properties.randomReview.type.should.deepEqual(Array(String));
+    model.definition.properties.randomReview.mongodb.should.deepEqual({dataType: 'Decimal128'});
+  });
+
+  it('should coerce array of dates from string', async () => {
+    const dateArrayModel = db.define('dateArrayModel', {
+      bunchOfDates: [Date],
+      bunchOfOtherDates: {
+        type: [Date],
+      },
+    });
+    const dateVal = new Date('2019-02-21T12:00:00').toISOString();
+    const created = await dateArrayModel.create({
+      bunchOfDates: [dateVal,
+        dateVal,
+        dateVal],
+      bunchOfOtherDates: [dateVal,
+        dateVal,
+        dateVal],
+    });
+    created.bunchOfDates[0].should.be.an.instanceOf(Date);
+    created.bunchOfDates[0].should.deepEqual(new Date(dateVal));
+    created.bunchOfOtherDates[0].should.be.an.instanceOf(Date);
+    created.bunchOfOtherDates[0].should.deepEqual(new Date(dateVal));
+  });
+
+  it('should coerce array of numbers from string', async () => {
+    const numArrayModel = db.define('numArrayModel', {
+      bunchOfNums: [Number],
+    });
+    const dateVal = new Date('2019-02-21T12:00:00').toISOString();
+    const created = await numArrayModel.create({
+      bunchOfNums: ['1',
+        '2',
+        '3'],
+    });
+    created.bunchOfNums[0].should.be.an.instanceOf(Number);
+    created.bunchOfNums[0].should.equal(1);
+  });
 
   it('should return 400 when property of type array is set to string value',
     function(done) {