http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/tutorial/srch5.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 05: Valid Date Formats: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 october 95 either a two-digit or a four-digit year can be used: e.g. 95 or 1995 october 95 if a month is used without a day, the entire month is included in the search oct 95 any unambiguous month abbreviation is valid: d 95 is valid, ju 95 is not 15 Oct 95 capitalization is not important oct if the year is omitted, the current year is assumed 95/10/15 with slashes, a year/month/day format is obligatory; two-digit year only 95-10-15 with hyphens, a year-month-day format is obligatory; two-digit year only 7/21 with slash, a month/day format is obligatory: since the year is omitted, the current year is assumed 7-21 with hyphen, a month-day format is obligatory: since the year is omitted, the current year is assumed today the day of the search: convenient for relative searching. today-20 NumberOfDays back (20 in this case) from the day of the search; note that there should be no space before or after the minus sign yesterday the day before the day of the search: convenient for relative searching. yesterday-30 NumberOfDays back (30 in this case) from the day before the search: note that there should be no space before or after the minus sign an example of a TIME expression: FROM yesterday-30 TO yesterday-15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------