MongoDB Compass - How To Insert Date Type?

Question

When inserting a document into a MongoDB database with MongoDB Compass how do I insert the current date?

I have tried like so:

But as you can see there is an error.

How do I insert the current date using MongoDB Compass?

score 16 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 01 '20 at 05:54

16

Try like this:

{
"type":"grunt",
"last_used": {
        "$date": "2018-04-15T16:54:40.000Z"
    },
"created_at": {
        "$date": "2018-04-15T16:54:40.000Z"
    }
}

edited Oct 01 '20 at 05:54

David Buck

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answered Oct 01 '20 at 03:28

FrancisMarconcini

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score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 20 '19 at 13:41

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Try like this:

2016-01-24T13:21:55.000

edited Dec 20 '19 at 13:41

Alireza

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answered Jul 31 '18 at 09:11

tatsuya

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 15 '20 at 00:22

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Try like this

{
"type": "grunt",
"last_used": {"$date":{"$numberLong":"1602720972129"}},
"created_at":{"$date":{"$numberLong":"1602720972129"}}
}

answered Oct 15 '20 at 00:22

Joe

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MongoDB Compass - How To Insert Date Type?

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