Mongoose: Filtering documents by date range returns 0 documents - mongodb

Question

I have this model:
const HistorySchema = new Schema({
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "users",
},
category: {
type: String,
enum: category_enum,
required: true,
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now,
},
});
So a document could be:
{
"_id": "60ddad447b0e9d3c4d4fd1f1",
"user": "60dc8118118ea36a4f3cab7d",
"category": "LOGIN",
"date": "2021-03-02T00:00:00.000Z",
"__v": 0
},
I am trying to get events that happen in a given year with this:
const getEventsOfYear = async (year) => {
let response = {
events_of_year_per_user: null,
};
const start_date_of_the_year = moment(year);
const end_date_of_the_year = moment(year).endOf("year");
const filter_stage = {
$match: {
date: {
$gte: start_date_of_the_year,
$lte: end_date_of_the_year,
},
},
};
const pipeline = [filter_stage];
const history_events_with_aggregate = await History.aggregate(pipeline);
response.events_of_year_per_user = history_events_with_aggregate;
return response;
};
The problem is that this always returns an empty array:
{
"events_of_year_per_user": []
}
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT 1:
I even tried with another model and direct date input instead of using moment and it's still the same result:
const filter_stage = {
$match: {
date: {
$gte: "2022-01-01",
$lte: "2022-12-30",
},
},
};
const pipeline = [filter_stage];
const history_events_with_aggregate = await userModel.aggregate(pipeline);
But, using find works:
const history_events_with_aggregate = await userModel.find({
date: { $gte: "2022-01-01", $lte: "2022-12-30" },
});

Answer 1

This is how I solved the issue:
const filter_stage = {
$match: {
date: {
$gte: new Date("2022-01-01"),
$lte: new Date("2022-12-30"),
},
},
};
And if you want to use moment:
const start_date_of_the_year = moment(year);
const end_date_of_the_year = moment(year).endOf("year");
const filter_stage = {
$match: {
date: {
$gte: new Date(start_date_of_the_year),
$lte: new Date(end_date_of_the_year),
},
},
};
You can also do this:
const today = moment().startOf("day");
const filter_stage = {
$match: {
user: ObjectId(user_id),
date: {
$gte: today.toDate(),
$lte: moment(today).endOf("day").toDate(),
},
},
};