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Created May 19, 2013 15:40
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A snippet to convert Mongo ObjectID to javascript timestamps, and vice-versa
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Mongo ObjectID to Timestamp
----- mongo to js ------
timeStamp = parseInt(Mongo.ObjectId().toString().substr(0,8), 16)*1000
date = new Date(timestamp)
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----- js to mongo -----
timestamp = new Date().getTime()/1000
mongoId = new ObjectID(timestamp.toString(16)+1e16)
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z347 commented Jan 5, 2022

Thank you, man :)

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Thanks man.

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