Date criteria for Google search

Question

Sometimes I'm looking for date-sensitive information and don't want to see results more than a certain age. Is there a way to specify this in a Google search?

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

• Go to Google's Advanced Search Page
• Expand the Date, Usage Rights, NumericRange, and More section

• Choose from the following options
  • Past 24 hours
  • Past week
  • Past month
  • Past year

OR

• Do a regular Google Search
• Expand the Show Search tools on the left underneath the search field
• Choose from the following options.

Before:

These options appear in the query string. I don't think there is a way to include them in the regular search input as a search operator. In other words, I don't think it can be used like the filetype search term.

Answer 2

Once you preform the Google search, you can click on More search tools and then Custom Range...

This will use the publication date, which Google describes as:

Limit results according to when they were published on the Web. Google tries to estimate the publication date for a page by using information such as the date when Google first indexed the page.

If want to search for pages which contain a date (year only) within a given range, you can use the Numrange search feature. (e.g. Willie Mays 1950..1960.)