Why am I getting null for the date when I create a Todo entity? - spring-boot

Question

What is wrong with my to-do application? I want the user to be able to add a todo and have it be saved in my MySQL database with the time it was created, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I am new to learning Springboot and would appreciate any suggestions or advice.
Todo Entity:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import org.hibernate.annotations.CreationTimestamp;
import javax.persistence.*;
import java.util.Date;
#Entity(name = "Todo")
#NoArgsConstructor
#Table(name = "todos")
public class Todo {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Column(name = "id")
private int id;
#Column(name="description")
private String description;
#Column(name="target_date")
#CreationTimestamp
private Date targetDate;
public Todo(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getDescription() {
return description;
}
public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
}
public Date getTargetDate() {
return targetDate;
}
public void setTargetDate(Date targetDate) {
this.targetDate = targetDate;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "Todo{" +
"id=" + id +
", description='" + description + '\'' +
", targetDate=" + targetDate +
'}';
}
}
Adding a Todo with Spring Data JPA
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Modifying;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import javax.transaction.Transactional;
import java.util.List;
#Repository
#Component
public interface TodoRepository extends JpaRepository<Todo, Integer> {
#Modifying
#Query(value = "INSERT INTO todos (description) VALUES (:description)", nativeQuery=true)
#Transactional
void addTodo(#Param("description") String description);
}
TodoController
#RestController
#RequestMapping(value = "/api/v1/todos")
#AllArgsConstructor
public class TodoController {
#Autowired
private ITodoService todoService;
#PostMapping(value = "/add-todo")
public String addTodo(#RequestParam String description) {
Todo todo = new Todo();
todo.setDescription(description);
todoService.addTodo(todo);
return todo.toString();
}
after getting a post request, the target_date is getting NULL in MySQL

Answer 1

I assume you can solve it by using persist():
#Autowired EntityManager entityManager;
#PostMapping(value = "/add-todo")
public String addTodo(#RequestParam String description) {
Todo todo = new Todo();
todo.setDescription(description);
entityManager.persist(todo);
return todo.toString();
}