Controllers\Api\Statements::convertDte PHP Method

    private function convertDte($value)
    {
        if (is_array($value)) {
            if (isset($value['$dte'])) {
                $date = $value['$dte'];
                $parsedDate = new Carbon($date);
                if ($parsedDate) {
                    return new \MongoDate($parsedDate->timestamp, $parsedDate->micro);
                } else {
                    throw new Exceptions\Exception("`{$date}` is not a valid date.");
                }
            } else {
                return array_map([$this, __FUNCTION__], $value);
            }
            // recursively apply this function to whole pipeline
        }
        return $value;
    }