Mongodb query based on current time

Question

I am trying to make a mongo query that returns all active listings based on $currentDate

{
  $and: [
    {
      start_time: {
        $lte: {
          $currentDate: {
            $type: "date"
          }
        }
      }
    }, 
    {
      end_time: {
        $gte: {
          $currentDate: {
            $type: "date"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

but it returns nothing but if I set the end_time:{$gte to {$lte ALL listings display so there must be something wrong

I'm putting the dates in the DB with javascript

if (checked) {
  var d = new Date()
  d.setSeconds(d.getSeconds() + values.sale_price * 100)
  setFieldValue('start_time', { date: new Date() })
  setFieldValue('end_time', { date: d })
}

im thinking that it may be getting messed up when adding seconds to the end time but am not certain

and here's a copy of a DB document

{
  "_id": {
    "$oid":"61401b66t4e445t5j43j748e"
  },
  "name": "test",
  "sale_price": {
    "$numberInt": "5000"
  },
  "start_time": {
    "date": "2021-09-14T03:47:31.918Z"
  },
  "end_time":{
    "date": "2021-09-19T22:40:51.918Z"
  }
}

$currentDate is used to update documents, you cannot use it in queries. — Wernfried Domscheit
– Wernfried Domscheit, Commented Sep 15, 2021 at 6:31

Chandan · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-15 03:54:32Z

1

db.collection.find({
  $and: [
    {
      "start_time.date": {
        $lte: new Date()
      }
    },
    {
      "end_time.date": {
        $gte: new Date()
      }
    }
  ]
})

Here working example

Note: Make sure the datatype of start_time.date and end_time.date is Date not String

answered Sep 15, 2021 at 3:54

Chandan

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snack overflow Over a year ago

Thanks! @chandan I see it working on the playground but not on my project could it be how I am inputting the js dates?

snack overflow Over a year ago

its the javascript code above ``` setFieldValue('start_time', { date: new Date() })``` I think somehow mongo isnt parsing it to ISODate

Chandan Over a year ago

@dovigz share the setFieldValue implementation

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