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ObjectId.getTimestamp()

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ObjectId.getTimestamp()

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

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

  • MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

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

ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").getTimestamp()

This will return the following output:

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

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