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  1. Stoffo created this gist Oct 29, 2015.
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    var date = new Date();
    var daysToDeletion = 120;
    var deletionDate = new Date(date.setDate(date.getDate() - daysToDeletion));

    printjson(deletionDate);

    var db = db.getSiblingDB('db')
    db.getMongo().setSlaveOk();

    printjson(db.messages.find({insertDate : {$lt : deletionDate}}).count());

    //delete old Messages:
    db.messages.remove({insertDate : {$lt : deletionDate}});