Java/MongoDB query by date

Question

I stored a value as a java.util.Date() in my collection, but when I query to get values between two specific dates, I end up getting values outside of the range. Here\'s my

Answer 1

Search Date with specific format following steps are that this also work in mongo 3.0

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat ("yyyy.MM.dd");

First convert your date in your specific format, you can use any format and parse your date with above format and then pass in query.

String date ="2014.01.02"; 
String data1 ="2014.01.10";
Date startDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(date);  
Date endDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(date1);

BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject("fieldName",
   new BasicDBObject("$gte",startDate).append("$lt",endDate ));

So base on your requirement you can search date by giving argument in BasicDBobject.