Mongoexport -q ISODate query

Question

I'm trying to run this:

mongoexport.exe -h *MYHOST* -p *MYPORT* -q "{'time':{'$gte': ISODate('2014-12-21 12:57:00.506Z'),'$lt': ISODate('2014-12-21 12:59:00.506Z')}}"

Or this(the gte & lt without - ' ):

mongoexport.exe -h *MYHOST* -p *MYPORT* -q {'time':{$gte: ISODate('2014-12-21 12:57:00.506Z'),$lt: ISODate('2014-12-21 12:59:00.506Z')}}

The query works fine on Robomongo, But with mongoexport it throws: "too many positional arguments"

I know I can run the following instead, But I don't want to use the date converter everytime I need to execute a query.

mongoexport.exe -h *MYHOST* -p *MYPORT* -q "{'time':{$gte: new Date(14191
66620506),$lt: new Date(1419166740506)}}"

Answer 1

mongoexport queries require the use of strict-mode MongoDB extended JSON. You can read more about that flavor of extended JSON in the MongoDB Manual article on extended JSON. In your specific case, the proper way to write the first query in the mongoexport command is

mongoexport.exe -h *MYHOST* -p *MYPORT* -q "{ 'time' : { '$gte' : { '$date' : '2014-12-21 12:57:00.506Z' },'$lt' : { '$date' : '2014-12-21 12:59:00.506Z' } } }"

Answer 2

Update for Late 2021 for Windows:

Consider Git Bash to run it, as I was not able to make it work in Windows Terminal

mongoexport --hostname=$MYHOST --password=$MYPWD --query='{"time":{"$gte":{"$date":"2014-12-21 12:57:00.506Z"},"$lt":{"$date":"2014-12-21 12:59:00.506Z"}}}' mongodb://IP --out=myoutfile.json

Answer 3

I have mongoexport version 3.6.1 on Windows. I have to use Git Bash as Fabien Haddadi but in my case works with date in milliseconds

-query '{ "Time": { "$gte": new Date(1609455600000)} }' 

Answer 4

I used @wdberkeley's answer as a starting point but that particular date string did not work for me. I had to use a 'T' to separate the date and the time:

mongoexport --username user --password pass --host host --db dbName --collection coll --type=csv --query '{"_created_at": { "$gte" : { "$date" : "2017-12-21T12:57:00.506Z" } }}'

Answer 5

Had to use a different syntax in windows.

mongoexport --host 192.168.1.5 --db dbname --collection files --query "{ "ModifyDate" : { "$lte" : { "$date" : '2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z' } }}"

Difference being the single quotes around the date.

Answer 6

I had the same problem with mongo 2.4, you need to use $date with "a 64-bit signed integer for milliseconds" (https://docs.mongodb.com/v2.4/reference/mongodb-extended-json/) in your case:

mongoexport.exe -h *MYHOST* -p *MYPORT* -q "{'time':{'$gte':{"$date": 1419166620506},'$lt': {"$date": 1419166740506}}"