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ObjectId.getTimestamp()

ObjectId.getTimestamp()

Returns the timestamp portion of the ObjectId() as a Date.

Example

The following example calls the getTimestamp() method on an ObjectId():

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ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").getTimestamp()

This will return the following output:

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ISODate("2012-10-15T21:26:17Z")

See also

ObjectId BSON Type

←   ObjectId ObjectId.toString()  →

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