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Diversions on SQL generated for CreateDateColumn on query Builder and Entity.create()

See original GitHub issue

Issue Description

Hello, I’m having some issues with the generated SQL on Entity.create(), I’m using postgresql and typescript.

Right now I have a simple entity:

import { Field, ObjectType } from 'type-graphql';
import {
  BaseEntity,
  Column,
  CreateDateColumn,
  Entity,
  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
  UpdateDateColumn,
} from 'typeorm';

@ObjectType()
@Entity()
export class Post extends BaseEntity {
  @Field()
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  id!: number;

  @Field(() => String)
  @CreateDateColumn()
  createdAt = Date;

  @Field(() => String)
  @UpdateDateColumn()
  updatedAt = Date;

  @Field()
  @Column()
  title!: string;
}

But when I try to create an item like this:

Post.create({ title: "This is a title" }).save();

The SQL returns with an error:

query: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), $1) RETURNING "id", "createdAt", "updatedAt" -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]
query failed: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), $1) RETURNING "id", "createdAt", "updatedAt" -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]
error: error: syntax error at or near "Aug"

One way to solve the issue was to use a query builder like this:

await getConnection()
      .createQueryBuilder()
      .insert()
      .into(Post)
      .values({
        title: "This is a title",
      })
      .returning('*')
      .execute();

with the returning sql being:

query: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (DEFAULT, DEFAULT, $1) RETURNING * -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]

Which works.

Am I doing something wrong?

Expected Behavior

The use of Entity.create should return a SQL statement like this:

query: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (DEFAULT, DEFAULT, $1) RETURNING * -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]

Actual Behavior

Right now the SQL generated by Entity.crete is this:

query: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), $1) RETURNING "id", "createdAt", "updatedAt" -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]
query failed: INSERT INTO "post"("createdAt", "updatedAt", "title") VALUES (Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), Sat Aug 14 2021 15:09:17 GMT-0300 (Brasilia Standard Time), $1) RETURNING "id", "createdAt", "updatedAt" -- PARAMETERS: ["Teste de titulo 3"]
error: error: syntax error at or near "Aug"

Steps to Reproduce

You can follow the issue description

My Environment

Dependency	Version
Operating System	Ubuntu WSL
Node.js version	v16.4.2
Typescript version	4.3.5
TypeORM version	0.2.37

Additional Context

Relevant Database Driver(s)

DB Type	Reproducible
`aurora-data-api`	no
`aurora-data-api-pg`	no
`better-sqlite3`	no
`cockroachdb`	no
`cordova`	no
`expo`	no
`mongodb`	no
`mysql`	no
`nativescript`	no
`oracle`	no
`postgres`	yes
`react-native`	no
`sap`	no
`sqlite`	no
`sqlite-abstract`	no
`sqljs`	no
`sqlserver`	no

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