Vkládání časových razítek do ObjectId velmi podrobně pokrývá dotazy založené na datech vložených do ObjectId.
Stručně v kódu JavaScript:
/* This function returns an ObjectId embedded with a given datetime */
/* Accepts both Date object and string input */
function objectIdWithTimestamp(timestamp) {
/* Convert string date to Date object (otherwise assume timestamp is a date) */
if (typeof(timestamp) == 'string') {
timestamp = new Date(timestamp);
}
/* Convert date object to hex seconds since Unix epoch */
var hexSeconds = Math.floor(timestamp/1000).toString(16);
/* Create an ObjectId with that hex timestamp */
var constructedObjectId = ObjectId(hexSeconds + "0000000000000000");
return constructedObjectId
}
/* Find all documents created after midnight on May 25th, 1980 */
db.mycollection.find({ _id: { $gt: objectIdWithTimestamp('1980/05/25') } });