In MongoDB, the $ltrim aggregation pipeline operator removes whitespace from the beginning of a string. This includes the null character.
It can also remove any character specified. For example, you could use it to remove all hyphen characters (-) from the beginning of a string.
In MongoDB, the $trim aggregation pipeline operator removes whitespace from the beginning and end of a string. This includes the null character.
It can also remove any character specified. For example, you could use it to remove all hyphen characters (-) or periods (.) or all s characters, etc.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toLong aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a long.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toInt aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to an integer.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toDouble aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a double.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toDecimal aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a decimal.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toBool aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a boolean.
From MongoDB 4.0, you can use the $toString aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a string.
In MongoDB, you can use the $convert aggregation pipeline operator to convert a value to a specified type.
You can convert any valid expression to a double, string, ObjectId, boolean, Date, integer, long, or decimal.
Continue readingIn MongoDB, the Date() method returns a date either as a string or as a Date object.
Date(), it returns the current date as a string in the mongo shell.new Date(), it returns the current date as a Date object. You can also provide a specific date as an argument to new Date(), so that it uses that date.