- <b>The</b> <b>range</b> <b>expression</b>
-
- date:<since>..<until>
-
- The above expression restricts the results to only messages
- from <since> to <until>, based on the Date: header.
-
- <since> and <until> can describe imprecise times, such as "yes-
- terday". In this case, <since> is taken as the earliest time
- it could describe (the beginning of yesterday) and <until> is
- taken as the latest time it could describe (the end of yester-
- day). Similarly, date:january..february matches from the begin-
- ning of January to the end of February.
-
- Currently, we do not support spaces in range expressions. You
- can replace the spaces with '_', or (in most cases) '-', or (in
- some cases) leave the spaces out altogether. Examples in this
- man page use spaces for clarity.
-
- Open-ended ranges are supported (since Xapian 1.2.1), i.e. it's
- possible to specify date:..<until> or date:<since>.. to not
- limit the start or end time, respectively. Pre-1.2.1 Xapian
- does not report an error on open ended ranges, but it does not
- work as expected either.
-
- Entering date:expr without ".." (for example date:yesterday)
- won't work, as it's not interpreted as a range expression at
- all. You can achieve the expected result by duplicating the
- expr both sides of ".." (for example date:yesterday..yester-
- day).
+<h3> The range expression</h3>
+<pre>
+ date:<since>..<until>
+
+ The above expression restricts the results to only messages from
+ <since> to <until>, based on the Date: header.
+
+ <since> and <until> can describe imprecise times, such as "yesterday".
+ In this case, <since> is taken as the earliest time it could describe
+ (the beginning of yesterday) and <until> is taken as the latest time it
+ could describe (the end of yesterday). Similarly, date:january..febru-
+ ary matches from the beginning of January to the end of February.
+
+ Currently, we do not support spaces in range expressions. You can
+ replace the spaces with '_', or (in most cases) '-', or (in some cases)
+ leave the spaces out altogether. Examples in this man page use spaces
+ for clarity.
+
+ Open-ended ranges are supported (since Xapian 1.2.1), i.e. it's possi-
+ ble to specify date:..<until> or date:<since>.. to not limit the start
+ or end time, respectively. Pre-1.2.1 Xapian does not report an error on
+ open ended ranges, but it does not work as expected either.
+
+ Entering date:expr without ".." (for example date:yesterday) won't
+ work, as it's not interpreted as a range expression at all. You can
+ achieve the expected result by duplicating the expr both sides of ".."
+ (for example date:yesterday..yesterday).
+</pre>