Is it possible to search by Month?

abqkjh · 12-21-2017, 01:27 PM

I would like to be able to pull up all the books I acquired in December (no matter what year). In other words, all the books that have Dec in the "Date." Is that possible, if so how?

Thanks

DaltonST · 12-21-2017, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by abqkjh

I would like to be able to pull up all the books I acquired in December (no matter what year). In other words, all the books that have Dec in the "Date." Is that possible, if so how? Thanks

There might be a way to use Regular Expressions in the Search Bar. However, I know for a fact that there is a way to do so using the Multi-Column Search plug-in. See the attached example.

DaltonST

BetterRed · 12-21-2017, 03:47 PM

If its a one-off need, try an search expression like this date:=2015-12 or date:=2016-12 or date:=2017-12 in the search bar.

Or, create a computed custom column (column built from other columns) using the format_date function on the #timestamp (Date) column. See Using functions in templates - single-function mode for more details.

BR

12-21-2017, 01:27 PM	#1
abqkjh Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 1502780 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Moto e5	Is it possible to search by Month? I would like to be able to pull up all the books I acquired in December (no matter what year). In other words, all the books that have Dec in the "Date." Is that possible, if so how? Thanks

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,966 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	If its a one-off need, try an search expression like this date:=2015-12 or date:=2016-12 or date:=2017-12 in the search bar. Or, create a computed custom column (column built from other columns) using the format_date function on the #timestamp (Date) column. See Using functions in templates - single-function mode for more details. BR

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