CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

lodash groupby with map

var result = _.chain(mockData)
      .groupBy(function(item) {
        return moment(item.start_date.substring(0,10)).format("MMM-DD-YYYY"); 
      })
      .map((value, key) => {
        return {
          date: key, 
          param: value
        }
      })
      .value();