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Created July 5, 2012 17:28
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Pull date out of MongoDB ObjectID
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mongo_id.js
var id = "4ff5cd62cb40c7010000000f";
var timehex = id.substring(0,8);
console.log(timehex);
var secondsSinceEpoch = parseInt(timehex, 16);
console.log(secondsSinceEpoch);
var dt = new Date(secondsSinceEpoch*1000);
console.log(dt);​
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