diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 64dfb64..2ba7454 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -230,6 +230,50 @@ function modify (obj, updateQuery) {
 // Finding documents
 // ==============================================================
 
+/**
+ * Check whether things are equal
+ * Returns true if they are, false otherwise
+ */
+function areThingsEqual (a, b) {
+  var aKeys , bKeys , i;
+
+  // Strings, booleans, numbers, null, undefined
+  if (a === null || a === undefined || typeof a === 'string' || typeof a === 'boolean' || typeof a === 'number' ||
+      b === null || b === undefined || typeof b === 'string' || typeof b === 'boolean' || typeof b === 'number') { return a === b; }
+
+  // Dates
+  if (util.isDate(a) || util.isDate(b)) { return util.isDate(a) && util.isDate(b) && a.getTime() === b.getTime(); }
+
+  // Arrays (no match since arrays are used as a $in)
+  if (util.isArray(a) || util.isArray(b)) { return false; }
+
+  // a and b should be objects
+  try {
+    aKeys = Object.keys(a);
+    bKeys = Object.keys(b);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Objects
+  if (aKeys.length !== bKeys.length) { return false; }
+  for (i = 0; i < aKeys.length; i += 1) {
+    if (bKeys.indexOf(aKeys[i]) === -1) { return false; }
+    if (!areThingsEqual(a[aKeys[i]], b[aKeys[i]])) { return false; }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Compare two things. That can be any serialized data: strings, booleans, numbers, dates, null, undefined, objects
+ * Returns -1 if a is less than b
+ *         0 if equal
+ *         1 if greater
+ */
+
+
+
 /**
  * Test for field equality
  * @param {Object} obj The model to check
@@ -272,3 +316,4 @@ module.exports.deepCopy = deepCopy;
 module.exports.checkObject = checkObject;
 module.exports.modify = modify;
 module.exports.match = match;
+module.exports.areThingsEqual = areThingsEqual;
diff --git a/test/db.test.js b/test/db.test.js
index 9b2fa54..3020faa 100644
--- a/test/db.test.js
+++ b/test/db.test.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe('Database', function () {
 
   describe('Find', function () {
 
-    it('Can find all documents an empty query is used', function (done) {
+    it('Can find all documents if an empty query is used', function (done) {
       async.waterfall([
       function (cb) {
         d.insert({ somedata: 'ok' }, function (err) {
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ describe('Database', function () {
       ], done);
     });
 
+    it('Can find dates and objects', function (done) {
+      var now = new Date();
+
+      d.insert({ now: now, sth: { name: 'nedb' } }, function () {
+        d.findOne({ now: now }, function (err, doc) {
+          //console.log(doc);
+          // TODO
+
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     it('Can use dot-notation to query subfields', function (done) {
       d.insert({ greeting: { english: 'hello' } }, function () {
         d.findOne({ "greeting.english": 'hello' }, function (err, doc) {
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index b1178f9..d70d19c 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -330,6 +330,52 @@ describe('Model', function () {
 
   describe('Finding documents', function () {
 
+    describe.only('Comparing things', function () {
+
+      it('Two things of different types cannot be equal, two identical native things are equal', function () {
+        var toTest = [null, undefined, 'somestring', 42, true, new Date(72998322), { hello: 'world' }]
+          , toTestAgainst = [null, undefined, 'somestring', 42, true, new Date(72998322), { hello: 'world' }]   // Use another array so that we don't test pointer equality
+          , i, j
+          ;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < toTest.length; i += 1) {
+          for (j = 0; j < toTestAgainst.length; j += 1) {
+            model.areThingsEqual(toTest[i], toTestAgainst[j]).should.equal(i === j);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('Can test native types null undefined string number boolean date equality', function () {
+        var toTest = [null, undefined, 'somestring', 42, true, new Date(72998322), { hello: 'world' }]
+          , toTestAgainst = [undefined, null, 'someotherstring', 5, false, new Date(111111), { hello: 'mars' }]
+          , i
+          ;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < toTest.length; i += 1) {
+          model.areThingsEqual(toTest[i], toTestAgainst[i]).should.equal(false);
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('If one side is an array, comparison fails', function () {
+        var toTestAgainst = [null, undefined, 'somestring', 42, true, new Date(72998322), { hello: 'world' }]
+          , i
+          ;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < toTestAgainst.length; i += 1) {
+          model.areThingsEqual([1, 2, 3], toTestAgainst[i]).should.equal(false);
+          model.areThingsEqual(toTestAgainst[i], []).should.equal(false);
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('Can test objects equality', function () {
+        model.areThingsEqual({ hello: 'world' }, {}).should.equal(false);
+        model.areThingsEqual({ hello: 'world' }, { hello: 'mars' }).should.equal(false);
+        model.areThingsEqual({ hello: 'world' }, { hello: 'world', temperature: 42 }).should.equal(false);
+        model.areThingsEqual({ hello: 'world', other: { temperature: 42 }}, { hello: 'world', other: { temperature: 42 }}).should.equal(true);
+      });
+
+    });
+
     describe('$eq', function () {
 
       it('Can find documents with simple fields', function () {