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Asked: 2026-05-24T18:33:37+00:00

Is there a way to store datetime? So that I can calculate time difference

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Is there a way to store datetime? So that I can calculate time difference between two datetimes and query with range of datetime.

Also I want to indicate an exact time. ex) 12:00:00 01-Jan-2001

Should I store both unix-stamp time and datetime string with timezone or other better ways to handle this problem?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should use the MongoDate class for storing dates in MongoDB.

    From the manual…

    MongoDB stores dates as milliseconds past the epoch. This means that dates do not contain timezone information. Timezones must be stored in a separate field if needed

    You can convert these to DateTime objects by retrieving the sec property and using it in DateTime::setTimestamp(). Also see DateTime::setTimezone()

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