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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH v6 8/9] man: document the date:since..until range queries\r
+Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:32:39 +0200\r
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+---\r
+ man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----\r
+ 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7\r
+index 17a109e..e39b944 100644\r
+--- a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7\r
++++ b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7\r
+@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where\r
+ \r
+ folder:<directory-path>\r
+ \r
++ date:<since>..<until>\r
++\r
+ The\r
+ .B from:\r
+ prefix is used to match the name or address of the sender of an email\r
+@@ -104,6 +106,26 @@ contained within particular directories within the mail store. Only\r
+ the directory components below the top-level mail database path are\r
+ available to be searched.\r
+ \r
++The\r
++.B date:\r
++prefix can be used to restrict the results to only messages within a\r
++particular time range (based on the Date: header) with a range syntax\r
++of:\r
++\r
++ date:<since>..<until>\r
++\r
++See \fBDATE AND TIME SEARCH\fR below for details on the range\r
++expression, and supported syntax for <since> and <until> date and time\r
++expressions.\r
++\r
++The time range can also be specified using timestamps with a syntax\r
++of:\r
++\r
++ <initial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>\r
++\r
++Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since\r
++1970\-01\-01 00:00:00 UTC.\r
++\r
+ In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be\r
+ combined with Boolean operators (\r
+ .BR and ", " or ", " not\r
+@@ -117,20 +139,124 @@ operators, but will have to be protected from interpretation by the\r
+ shell, (such as by putting quotation marks around any parenthesized\r
+ expression).\r
+ \r
+-Finally, results can be restricted to only messages within a\r
+-particular time range, (based on the Date: header) with a syntax of:\r
++.SH DATE AND TIME SEARCH\r
+ \r
+- <initial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>\r
++notmuch understands a variety of standard and natural ways of\r
++expressing dates and times, both in absolute terms ("2012-10-24") and\r
++in relative terms ("yesterday"). Any number of relative terms can be\r
++combined ("1 hour 25 minutes") and an absolute date/time can be\r
++combined with relative terms to further adjust it. A non-exhaustive\r
++description of the syntax supported for absolute and relative terms is\r
++given below.\r
+ \r
+-Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since\r
+-1970\-01\-01 00:00:00 UTC. This is not the most convenient means of\r
+-expressing date ranges, but until notmuch is fixed to accept a more\r
+-convenient form, one can use the date program to construct\r
+-timestamps. For example, with the bash shell the following syntax would\r
+-specify a date range to return messages from 2009\-10\-01 until the\r
+-current time:\r
+-\r
+- $(date +%s \-d 2009\-10\-01)..$(date +%s)\r
++.RS 4\r
++.TP 4\r
++.B The range expression\r
++\r
++date:<since>..<until>\r
++\r
++The above expression restricts the results to only messages from\r
++<since> to <until>, based on the Date: header.\r
++\r
++<since> and <until> can describe imprecise times, such as "yesterday".\r
++In this case, <since> is taken as the earliest time it could describe\r
++(the beginning of yesterday) and <until> is taken as the latest time\r
++it could describe (the end of yesterday). Similarly,\r
++date:january..february matches from the beginning of January to the\r
++end of February.\r
++\r
++Currently, we do not support spaces in range expressions. You can\r
++replace the spaces with '_', or (in most cases) '-', or (in some\r
++cases) leave the spaces out altogether. Examples in this man page use\r
++spaces for clarity.\r
++\r
++Open-ended ranges are supported (since Xapian 1.2.1), i.e. it's\r
++possible to specify date:..<until> or date:<since>.. to not limit the\r
++start or end time, respectively. Pre-1.2.1 Xapian does not report an\r
++error on open ended ranges, but it does not work as expected either.\r
++\r
++Entering date:expr without ".." (for example date:yesterday) won't\r
++work, as it's not interpreted as a range expression at all. You can\r
++achieve the expected result by duplicating the expr both sides of ".."\r
++(for example date:yesterday..yesterday).\r
++.RE\r
++\r
++.RS 4\r
++.TP 4\r
++.B Relative date and time\r
++[N|number] (years|months|weeks|days|hours|hrs|minutes|mins|seconds|secs) [...]\r
++\r
++All refer to past, can be repeated and will be accumulated.\r
++\r
++Units can be abbreviated to any length, with the otherwise ambiguous\r
++single m being m for minutes and M for months.\r
++\r
++Number can also be written out one, two, ..., ten, dozen,\r
++hundred. Additionally, the unit may be preceded by "last" or "this"\r
++(e.g., "last week" or "this month").\r
++\r
++When combined with absolute date and time, the relative date and time\r
++specification will be relative from the specified absolute date and\r
++time.\r
++\r
++Examples: 5M2d, two weeks\r
++.RE\r
++\r
++.RS 4\r
++.TP 4\r
++.B Supported absolute time formats\r
++H[H]:MM[:SS] [(am|a.m.|pm|p.m.)]\r
++\r
++H[H] (am|a.m.|pm|p.m.)\r
++\r
++HHMMSS\r
++\r
++now\r
++\r
++noon\r
++\r
++midnight\r
++\r
++Examples: 17:05, 5pm\r
++.RE\r
++\r
++.RS 4\r
++.TP 4\r
++.B Supported absolute date formats\r
++YYYY-MM[-DD]\r
++\r
++DD-MM[-[YY]YY]\r
++\r
++MM-YYYY\r
++\r
++M[M]/D[D][/[YY]YY]\r
++\r
++M[M]/YYYY\r
++\r
++D[D].M[M][.[YY]YY]\r
++\r
++D[D][(st|nd|rd|th)] Mon[thname] [YYYY]\r
++\r
++Mon[thname] D[D][(st|nd|rd|th)] [YYYY]\r
++\r
++Wee[kday]\r
++\r
++Month names can be abbreviated at three or more characters.\r
++\r
++Weekday names can be abbreviated at three or more characters.\r
++\r
++Examples: 2012-07-31, 31-07-2012, 7/31/2012, August 3\r
++.RE\r
++\r
++.RS 4\r
++.TP 4\r
++.B Time zones\r
++(+|-)HH:MM\r
++\r
++(+|-)HH[MM]\r
++\r
++Some time zone codes, e.g. UTC, EET.\r
++.RE\r
+ \r
+ .SH SEE ALSO\r
+ \r
+-- \r
+1.7.10.4\r
+\r
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