How to SET "lastvisitDate" for a Joomla user

Question

I am developing a mobile app which uses Joomla as the backend. So far I am able to get the user object through

$user = JFactory::getUser($id);

However, each time a user visits the app, I want it to set the lastvisitDate.

I have seen this erlated Doc JUser Class but I don't know how to use it. I will be glad if anyone can be of help - Thank you.

Answer 1

Answering this based on my comment.

lastvisitDate is already stored in the JUser, object so you can access it like so:

$id   = 1;
$user = JFactory::getUser($id);
echo $user->lastvisitDate;