Which SchemaType in Mongoose is Best for Timestamp

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I m using Mongoose  MongoDB  and Node   I would like to define a schema where one of its fields is a date timestamp   I would like to use this field in order to return all of the records that have been updated in the last 5 minutes   Due to the fact that in Mongoose I can t use the Timestamp   method I understand that my only option is to use the following Javascript method    time     type  Number  default   new Date    getTime        It s probably not the most efficient way for querying a humongous DB   I would really appreciate it if someone could share a more efficient way of implementing this   Is there any way to implement this with Mongoose and be able to use a MongoDB timestamp

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First   npm install mongoose-timestamp  Next  let Timestamps   require  mongoose-timestamp    Next  let MySchema   new Schema  Next  MySchema plugin Timestamps   Next   const Collection   mongoose model  Collection  MySchema   Then you can use the Collection createdAt or Collection updatedAt anywhere your want   Created on  Date Of The Week Month Date Year 00 00 00 GMT   Time is in this format

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I would like to use this field in order to return all the records that have been updated in the last 5 minutes    This means you need to update the date to  now  every time you save the object  Maybe you ll find this useful  Moongoose create-modified plugin

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Mongoose now supports the timestamps in schema  const item   new Schema          id          type  String        required  true             timestamps  true        This will add the createdAt and updatedAt fields on each record create  Timestamp interface has fields   interface SchemaTimestampsConfig       createdAt   boolean   string      updatedAt   boolean   string      currentTime        gt   Date   number        This would help us to choose which fields we want and overwrite the date format

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The current version of Mongoose  v4 x  has time stamping as a built-in option to a schema   var mySchema   new mongoose Schema   name  String    timestamps  true       This option adds createdAt and updatedAt properties that are timestamped with a Date  and which does all the work for you  Any time you update the document  it updates the updatedAt property  Schema Timestamps Docs

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Edit - 20 March 2016  Mongoose now support timestamps for collections   Please consider the answer of  bobbyz below  Maybe this is what you are looking for   Original answer  Mongoose supports a Date type  which is basically a timestamp    time     type   Date  default  Date now     With the above field definition  any time you save a document with an unset time field  Mongoose will fill in this field with the current time   Source  http   mongoosejs com docs guide html

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new mongoose Schema   description    type  String  required  true  trim  true    completed    type  Boolean  default  false    owner    type  mongoose Schema Types ObjectId  required  true  ref   User         timestamps  true

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var ItemSchema   new Schema       name     type  String        ItemSchema set  timestamps   true      this will add createdAt and updatedAt timestamps   Docs  https   mongoosejs com docs guide html timestamps

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In case you want custom names for your createdAt and updatedAt   const mongoose   require  mongoose      const   Schema     mongoose   const schemaOptions       timestamps    createdAt   created at   updatedAt   updated at         const mySchema   new Schema   name  String    schemaOptions

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