How to sort a collection by date in MongoDB?

Question

I am using MongoDB with Node.JS. I have a collection which contains a date and other rows. The date is a JavaScript Date object.

How can I sort this collection by date?

Answer 1

You can use the below-mentioned code to sort a collection by date in MongoDB:-

collection.find().sort({datefield: -1}, function(err, cursor){...});

Answer 2

This worked for me. Using Node.js, Express.js, and Monk:

collection.find({}, {"sort" : [['datefield', 'asc']]}, function (err, docs) { ... });