date field generator should have a format option

[idc77]

I'm not sure if this is already possible,

I'm trying to generate a date in the following format:
YYYY/MM/DD

Example
1970/01/01

I can't use int, I can't use decimal. Is there a way I could format the int?

Also I'm not sure what "nullpercentage" means

[idc77]

On 2nd thought, I really need to generate a date, not ints.

The date field type should have a "format" option, when present it would allow you to present a time.Date.Format string like
2006/01/02

[idc77]

There are just too many inconsistencies with this library. Pitty.
I think it's best to just use gofaker an do the inserts "by hand".

It was a good idea and it work for simple data structures ultimately not a fit for my use cases.
Feel free to close my issues if you don't want to solve em.
tc

[feliixx]

Mongodb dates are stored ad int64 so there is no concept of format when inserting a date in the database

However you can request a specific format when you query the database like this:

db.collection.aggregate(
   [
     {
       $project: {
          formattedDate: { $dateToString: { format: "%d/%m/%Y", date: "$dateField" } }
       }
     }
   ]
)

If you want to have a field with a value like 2006/01/02, you should store it as string. You can generate something like this with the stringFromParts generator