Timestamp
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What is Timestamp?
The Timestamp type in MongoDB is a special BSON data type used internally for operations like replication and sharding. It consists of a 32-bit second counter and an incrementing ordinal counter (also 32 bits), representing UTC time accurate to the second. Unlike the Date type, Timestamp values in MongoDB are unique and monotonically increasing, making them ideal for tracking changes and ordering events.
Free resources to learn Timestamp
- Official docsTimestamp
- ArticleWorking with Dates
More in stage 3: Collections & Methods
- Collections & Methods
- Counting Documents
- insert() and relevant
- find() and relevant
- update() and relevant
- delete() and relevant
- bulkWrite() and relevant
- validate()
- BSON vs JSON
- Embedded Objects & Arrays
- Double
- String
- Array
- Object
- Binary Data
- Undefined
- Object ID
- Boolean
- Date
- Null
- Regular Expression
- JavaScript
- Symbol
- Int64 / Long
- Int32/Int
- Decimal128
- Min Key
- Max Key
Timestamp: common questions
Can I learn Timestamp in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Timestamp in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Timestamp tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 33 of 106 in the free MongoDB roadmap, in stage 3, Collections & Methods. If you are new to MongoDB, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.