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Date()¶
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Date
()¶ Returns a date either as a string or as a Date object.
Date()
returns the current date as a string.new Date()
returns the current date as a Date object. Themongo
shell wraps the Date object with theISODate
helper.new Date("<YYYY-mm-dd>")
returns the specified date string ("<YYYY-mm-dd>"
) as a Date object. Themongo
shell wraps the Date object with theISODate
helper.
Behavior¶
Internally, Date objects are stored as a 64 bit integer representing the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch (Jan 1, 1970), which results in a representable date range of about 290 millions years into the past and future.