Sometimes, we want to query MongoDB ObjectId by date with JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to query MongoDB ObjectId by date with JavaScript.

How to query MongoDB ObjectId by date with JavaScript?

To query MongoDB ObjectId by date with JavaScript, we call the ObjectId.fromDate method.

For instance, we write

db.users.find({
  _id: { $lt: ObjectId.fromDate(new ISODate("2022-01-05T00:00:00.000Z")) },
});

to call find to find the users entries that has object ID less than the given date.

We call ObjectId.fromDate to convert the ISODate to an object ID.

Conclusion

To query MongoDB ObjectId by date with JavaScript, we call the ObjectId.fromDate method.