> You can use it like:

> $db->insert(array('ts' => new MongoDate()));

> Adding a time() arg to the class call will set the date to that time.

> On 16 September 2012 23:44, KevOu <kevin.chi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Sam,

>> Sorry I don't know if my previous message went through...
>> Would you know the best way to "prepare" a php date to upload to mongo
>> db ISODate format ?
>> You said date() object is dead so which one do you suggest to use ?

>> Thanks for your kind help,

>> On 4 oct 2011, 22:14, Sam Millman <sam.mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Ha!

>> > I only just noticed the original question:

>> > "Any idea's what I "accidentally" did to trigger the change?"

>> > Answer: You upgraded.

>> > The old date() object is dead. You need not do anything different it
>> will
>> > just make the date storing in the DB better.

>> > On 4 October 2011 21:07, Sam Millman <sam.mill...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > > Also ISODate is international format:

>> > >http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/iso-date

>> > > Basically it is better than the old date object

>> > > On 4 October 2011 21:02, Sam Millman <sam.mill...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > >> What I was meant to say on the end of that is that so long as they
>> do not
>> > >> come out of your PHP script escaped everyhting is fine.

>> > >> If they do then there is something afoot that we need to get to the
>> root
>> > >> of.

>> > >> On 4 October 2011 20:59, Sam Millman <sam.mill...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > >>> ISO date is tz compliant, notice the format of the time when
>> looking at
>> > >>> it in shell.

>> > >>> escaping is normal for BSON (think of JSON) arrays. Slashs is
>> always a
>> > >>> bit of a problem.

>> > >>> How exactly are they being stored in your DB?

>> > >>> On 4 October 2011 20:42, RJ Johnston <rj.johns...@monthsof.me>
>> wrote:

>> > >>>> No thoughts?

>> > >>>> I noticed another anomaly, all the "/" symbols are now escaped!
>> > >>>>  (http:\/\/someurl.com).  Cannot figure this out either.  Maybe
>> > >>>> related?

>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone

>> > >>>> On Oct 3, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Flavio Percoco <flape...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:

>> > >>>>  Hi,

>> > >>>> MongoDate[0] representes date objects for the database which are
>> > >>>> ISODates[1].

>> > >>>> [0] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.mongodate.php>
>> > >>>>http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.mongodate.php
>> > >>>> [1] <
>> http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Data+Types+and+Conventions>
>> > >>>>http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Data+Types+and+Conventions

>> > >>>> Cheers

>> > >>>>  ------------------------------

>> > >>>>  <compose-unknown-contact.jpg>RJ <rjdjohns...@gmail.com>
>> > >>>> 3 de octubre de 2011 23:24

>> > >>>> Hello,

>> > >>>> I recently updated a library that uses PHP's MongoDate to store all
>> > >>>> date related fields.

>> > >>>> After running the library I noticed MongoDate objects were no
>> longer
>> > >>>> being stored. Instead an ISOdate object is stored.

>> > >>>> Any idea's what I "accidentally" did to trigger the change?

>> > >>>> Thanks

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