mongodb - How to convert from Timestamp to Mongo ObjectID -
i know can use gettimestamp() retrieve timestamp objectid, there way generate objectid timestamp? more specifically, if have input of month , year , want convert mongo objectid query in db, how should this? an objectid() 12-byte bson type , consists of: the first 4 bytes representing seconds since unix epoch the next 3 bytes machine identifier the next 2 bytes consists of process id the last 3 bytes random counter value clearly, not able create objectid() timestamp.