Search modifier for date
Reported by Tee Yen Ng | March 17th, 2017 @ 01:17 AM
Hi,
Is there a search modifier for dates?
It's great being able to use the search box for most everything else, but inconvenient to have to resort to the mouse to search for messages by date.
If not already existing, suggest something like 'd' as in Mutt:
6.1 Searching by Date
All dates must be in DD/MM/YY format (month and year are optional, defaulting to the current month and year). An example of a valid range of dates is:
Limit to messages matching: ~d 20/1/95-31/10 If you omit the minimum (first) date, and just specify
-DD/MM/YY'', all messages before the given date will be selected. If you omit the maximum (second) date, and specifyDD/MM/YY-'', all messages after the given date will be selected. If you specify a single date with no dash (``-''), only messages sent on the given date will be selected.
Would also be good to have a relative dates work as well (2d / 2m / 2y for 2 days / 2 months / 2 years ago).
Cheers,
Yen
Comments and changes to this ticket
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benny March 24th, 2017 @ 02:30 PM
- State changed from “new” to “accepted”
There's currently no such modifier. Thanks for the inspiration from Mutt.
The toolbar search field is actually implemented using an external command included with MailMate (which uses Python). This is what needs to be extended with the
dsyntax. The long term plan is to make it easy/easier for users to replace this with their own search syntax. -
Muescha June 17th, 2017 @ 04:24 AM
i miss also the date modifier ...
pls also the dd.mm.yy and dd.mm.yyyy syntax
also without day: 01.2017-02.2017
or only: 01.2017 for january -
benny September 7th, 2018 @ 10:43 AM
- State changed from “accepted” to “fixcommitted”
It took some time, but I have good news on this one. Hold down ⌥ when clicking “Check Now” in MailMate to get the latest test release. Use “View Search Syntax” in the toolbar search field popup to see the syntax available with the new
dmodifier. It supports relative days, various date separators, both year-first and day-first formats, and more. It doesn't support the Mutt-style ranges, but that could still be added if needed.The main issue with the current solution is a general problem where MailMate doesn't take time zones into consideration when searching on/from/to specific dates. (It works for relative dates.)
Since the syntax is implemented I'll close this ticket, but I've still got a note on the issue with time zones.
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benny September 10th, 2018 @ 02:03 PM
- State changed from “fixcommitted” to “fixreleased”
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benny