Setanjan Roy setanjan123
kumarharsh
/ Mongo ObjectID to Timestamp
Created
May 19, 2013 15:40
A snippet to convert Mongo ObjectID to javascript timestamps, and vice-versa
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| ----- mongo to js ------ | |
| timeStamp = parseInt(Mongo.ObjectId().toString().substr(0,8), 16)*1000 | |
| date = new Date(timestamp) | |
| ----------------------------- | |
| ----- js to mongo ----- | |
| timestamp = new Date().getTime()/1000 | |
| mongoId = new ObjectID(timestamp.toString(16)+1e16) |