Query using range of date in MongoDB in Java

date, java, mongodb

Solution

MongoDB dates work in conjunction with java.util.Date. Change your query to something like this :

Date start = new java.util.Date(2012, 06, 20, 10, 05);
Date end = new java.util.Date(2012, 06, 20, 10, 30);

BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject("Date", 
    new BasicDBObject("$gt", start)).
            append("$lte", end) ));

Problem

I am new at using MongoDB. I have it filled with receipts, for example: one receipt looks like this : ``` { "_id" : { "$oid" : "510fa057c6f818c2bfd0b279" } , "StoreName" : "Metro" , "StoreNumber" : 521 , "Items" : [ { "ItemName" : "Battery" , "ItemManufacturer" : "Duracell" , "ItemPrice" : 12 , "ItemQuantity" : 2 , "ItemTotalPrice" : 24 } , { "ItemName" : "TV CRT 25 inch" , "ItemManufacturer" : "Toshiba" , "ItemPrice" : 1659 , "ItemQuantity" : 1 , "ItemTotalPrice" : 1659 } , { "ItemName" : "Mobile" , "ItemManufacturer" : "Nokia" , "ItemPrice" : 2966 , "ItemQuantity" : 4 , "ItemTotalPrice" : 11864 } ] , "Date" : { "$date" : "2012-06-16T01:21:11.758Z" } , "Total" : 13547 } ``` I need to make a query where I specify a range of dates to get all the receipts in that range. I've tried the following query, but it returns nothing. ``` BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject( "Date", new BasicDBObject( "$gt", "2012-06-20T10:05:21.968Z" ).append( "$lte", "2012-09-24T05:29:43.031Z" ) ); ```

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