From 7cf59dc8fecc3e16a2b1d11354e445a68aa87bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Brennan <martin@discourse.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:21:39 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Invalid date when sending chat message in thread
 (#24455)

Fixes a minor issue where "Invalid date" is shown briefly
when sending a message in a chat thread. Change to use
`new Date()` instead like the channel staged message which
does not have this issue.
---
 plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/chat-thread.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/chat-thread.js b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/chat-thread.js
index dcd059b61e2..eb50f51c757 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/chat-thread.js
+++ b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/chat-thread.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default class ChatThread {
     message.staged = true;
     message.processed = false;
     message.draft = false;
-    message.createdAt ??= moment.utc().format();
+    message.createdAt = new Date();
     message.thread = this;
 
     this.messagesManager.addMessages([message]);