Can we limit searches by date?

Question

I'm trying to figure out what my weather and world clock options are on my new laptop. Most of the posts I am surfacing about weather indicators are about weather-indicator which hasn't been updated since 2011 and the posts are typically at least 10 years old.

Is there a way to search for posts that are < 5 years old?

Answer 1

Yes, there are ways to filter searches, but its limited.

Refer to https://askubuntu.com/help/searching for the large details.

Specifics include:

Dates

You can use specific dates or date ranges to narrow results down to posts created or active within a certain time period, using the following operators:

• created: to specify when the posts were created
• lastactive: for posts active in a specified time period

Dates can be entered in the following formats:

• Absolute dates:

  • year only – e.g., created:2012..2013 searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013; created:2012 searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. year and month – e.g., created:2012-04..2012-05 searches posts created between April 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012. day, month, and year – e.g., lastactive:2012-04-03 searches posts who were last active between 12:00 AM on April 3, 2012 and 11:59 PM on April 3, 2012.

• Relative dates:

  • 1y, 1m, and 1d are shorthand for "last year", "last month", and "yesterday" – e.g., if today is April 15, created:1m searches posts created between March 1 and March 31. (You can substitute any number for 1 to look back that many years, months, or days.)

  • Relative dates in a range (1y..) look back to the same date in the previous period – e.g., if you want to see all the posts active in the last three months, use lastactive:3m.. On April 15, that will show posts from January 15 up to the most recently active. You can close the range as well: lastactive:3m..1m.

Please note that all times are recorded in UTC; the results may not match your timezone.