Create an ISO date object in javascript
try below:
var temp_datetime_obj = new Date();collection.find({ start_date:{ $gte: new Date(temp_datetime_obj.toISOString()) }}).toArray(function(err, items) { /* you can console.log here */ });
In node, the Mongo driver will give you an ISO string, not the object. (ex: Mon Nov 24 2014 01:30:34 GMT-0800 (PST)) So, simply convert it to a js Date by: new Date(ISOString);