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September 4, 2013 17:33
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Creating a [decent] ObjectId for a previous time in python.
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| import datetime | |
| from bson import ObjectId | |
| pastDate = datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 4, 0, 57, 12, 35683) | |
| ob = ObjectId() | |
| obx = ObjectId().from_datetime(pastDate) | |
| # Here it is: | |
| pastId = ObjectId(str(obx)[:8] + str(ob)[8:]) |
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