How can I use mongodump to dump out records matching a specific date range?

Question

I\'m trying to use the mongodump command to dump out a bunch of records created on a specific date. The records include a \"ts\" field which is a MongoDB Date() object.

Answer 1

I solved it - the magic incantation I was looking for is:

mongodump --query "{\"ts\":{\"\$gt\":{\"\$date\":`date -d 2011-08-10 +%s`000},\"\$lte\":{\"\$date\":`date -d 2011-08-11 +%s`000}}}"