before, after, between should use date object instead of date string

[kyv]

In the mongodb shell I get no results if I try to pass a query such as the following: { endret: { $gte: "2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" } }. However, this does work for me: { endret: { $gte: new ISODate("2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z") } }. This also works from javascript: { endret: { $gte: new Date("2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z") } }.

Is this an error or am I missing something? maybe something changed in newer mongodb versions?

[Starefossen]

I think this was done this because we originally had a large database where the dates were formatted as strings and not date objects if I recall correctly.

If you would like to change the implementation I would like there to be an option to toggle between strings and dates, where stings would be default until next major version.