Date Range Searching

In Quick Search Form, there is a field for From - To date Range option for Application and Publication dates. You can enter only a year or year with month and date.

• In the “From” field 2011 converts to 2011-01-01 and 2011-09 converts to 2011-09-01. So the first day in the year or the first day in the month is automatically assumed.
• In the “To” field 2011 converts to 2011-12-31 and 2011-09 converts to 2011-09-30. So the last day in the year or the month is automatically assumed

To search for an exact date, enter the same values in both From and To fields.

In Command line search you must specify the exact dates yourself to avoid any ambiguity. If you only enter year or year-month then the following is taken:
APD:[2009 TO 2012] - matches application dates 1st Jan 2009 to 1st Jan 2012

APD:[2009-06 TO 2009-10] - matches applications dates 1st June 2009 to 1st Oct 2009

Using BEG and NOW in date range

You can use BEG and NOW in a range query as shown in the example below:

APD:[2009-06-01 TO NOW] - matches all dates from June 1, 2009 to current date.

APD:[BEG TO 2014-12-31] - matches all dates up to Dec 31, 2014 (including Dec 31, 2014)

Using the Year Fields

Each date field also has a corresponding year field. So Application Date APD has APY, Publication Date PBD has PBY. So you can use these fields if you want to search for a year range. Its simpler and avoid any confusion. So:

APY:[2005 TO 2012] -  matches all application dates in years 2005 to 2012 (both years included)