title: MongoDB sorting date string (mm/dd/yyyy)
body: <p>I'm storing date as string in "mm/dd/yyyy" format. I want to sort by this date field. I tried below query with few test data.</p>
  
  <pre><code>db.collection.find().sort({date: -1}).pretty()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and it is working fine. Would this work fine ever or should i convert this to MongoDate for reliable sorting?</p>