Date Searching Syntax

The DM administrator sets the date format order (DMY, MDY, or YMD). Assuming your site uses the format MDY, you can enter any of the following for the date February 25, 2013:

  • 2-25-13

  • 2-25-2013

  • 2/25/13

  • 2/25/2013

  • February 25 2013

  • February 25, 2013

You can use the following date searching conventions:

  • •%today represents today’s date.

  • MINUS allows you to subtract a number of days from the specified date.

  • TO allows for a range of dates.

In the following examples of enhanced date searching, date represents a date you specify, and n represents an integer.

To locate documents created between two sets of dates:

  • Enter date TO date. For example, 03/21/2013 TO 10/18/2013

To locate documents created in the last 30 days:

  • Enter %today MINUS n TO %today. For example, %today MINUS 30 TO %today

To locate documents created during the 10 days prior to a specified date:

  • Enter date MINUS n TO date. For example, 10/21/2013 MINUS 10 TO 10/21/2013

To locate documents created between the specified date and the current date:

  • Enter date TO %today. For example, 10/21/2013 TO %today

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