def getall(self):
        try:
            spec = {'data': {'$exists': 1}}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            sort = [('tid', 1)]
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields, sort=sort)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return [Document(**row) for row in cur]
def days_till_due(self):
        """
        Returns the number of days till the due date. Returns a negative number
        of days when the due date is in the past.
        Returns 0 when the task has no due date.
        """
        due = self.due_date()
        if due:
            diff = due - date.today()
            return diff.days
        return 0