getDateRange= function(pageNumber){ var now = moment(new Date()); var dayToDisplay=now.subtract('days', pageNumber-1); var range={}; range.start = dayToDisplay.startOf('day').valueOf(); range.end = dayToDisplay.endOf('day').valueOf(); console.log("after: ", dayToDisplay.startOf('day').format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a")); console.log("before: ", dayToDisplay.endOf('day').format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a")); return range; } Template.posts_digest.posts = function(){ var postsView=sessionGetObject('postsView'); console.log('postsView:: ',postsView); var collection=Posts.find(postsView.find); console.log('collection ', collection.fetch()); return collection; }; Template.posts_digest.created = function(){ var postsPerPage=5; var pageNumber=Session.get('currentPageNumber') || 1; var range=getDateRange(pageNumber); var postsView={ find: {submitted: {$gte: range.start, $lt: range.end}}, sort: {score: -1}, skip:0, postsPerPage: postsPerPage, limit: postsPerPage, page: pageNumber } sessionSetObject('postsView', postsView); } Template.posts_digest.events({ 'click .prev-link': function(e) { e.preventDefault(); var postsView=sessionGetObject('postsView'); postsView.page++; var range=getDateRange(postsView.page); postsView.find={submitted: {$gte: range.start, $lt: range.end}} sessionSetObject('postsView', postsView); }, 'click .next-link': function(e) { e.preventDefault(); var postsView=sessionGetObject('postsView'); if(postsView.page>1){ postsView.page--; var range=getDateRange(postsView.page); postsView.find={submitted: {$gte: range.start, $lt: range.end}} console.log(postsView.page); sessionSetObject('postsView', postsView); } } });