Sorting in Mongoose has evolved over the releases such that some of these answers are no longer valid. As of the 4.1.x release of Mongoose, a descending sort on the date
field can be done in any of the following ways:
Room.find({}).sort('-date').exec((err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}).sort({date: -1}).exec((err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}).sort({date: 'desc'}).exec((err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}).sort({date: 'descending'}).exec((err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}).sort([['date', -1]]).exec((err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}, null, {sort: '-date'}, (err, docs) => { ... });
Room.find({}, null, {sort: {date: -1}}, (err, docs) => { ... });
For an ascending sort, omit the -
prefix on the string version or use values of 1
, asc
, or ascending
.