Filter entries down to certain date ranges

[ThiloteE]

The suggestion for improvement is related to the following problem I want to filter entries to a certain date ranges

E.g. JabRef should provide me with a list of all documents in my library that were published between 2001-05-17 and 2009-02-18.

Any of the below solutions would suffice

• [ ] Add this feature to the search bar
• [ ] Add this feature to group by date

Additional context refs https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8902 refs https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/14241, https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/14169 ISO 8601 According to https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search#searching-with-optional-spelling we already could do this with regex: year == 200[5-9]|201[0-1]​specifies the range of years 2005-2011 (200[5-9] specifies years 2005-2009;| means "or"; 201[0-1] specifies years 2010-2011). But I want something easier. Something that doesn't force me to type hundreds or lines of search expressions, if the date range is across multiple decades.

[ennymojje]

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[bhrhmn]

I am working with ennymojje on adding this feature to the search bar. Where in the project is the logic for other search bar features implemented, for example regex and filters?

[Siedlerchr]

JabRef uses an ANTLR Grammar that specifies the syntax https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/0ad94612e273e3e7d1e7673b683cde451002029f/jablib/src/main/antlr/org/jabref/search/Search.g4#L4

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[calixtus]

Added status devcall: We need to define a ui solution. One contributor is suggesting a button in the search bar, which i strongly oppose. This will be too crowded. Whats next: Another button for searching only entries beginning with "WTF"?

[calixtus]

This refs https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/8850

Duplicate (?) of #7423

[koppor]

Did anyone try

date >= 2020-12-10 and date <= 2025-12-31

This would be the natural things I would type in.

Currently, these comparators are not availabel at https://docs.jabref.org/finding-sorting-and-cleaning-entries/search

Maybe, we should add them?