[MlMt] Search for emails after a specific date and time

[Bill Cole]

On 2025-09-06 at 13:25:24 UTC-0400 (Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:25:24 -0700)
John Cooper <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:

> Bill Cole wrote (at 9:46 AM on Saturday, September 6, 2025):
>
>> On 2025-09-05 at 17:28:49 UTC-0400 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:28:49 -0700)
>> Devyn Osborne <mailmate at lists.freron.com> said:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to search for emails after a specific date *and time*? For example, every email since 2025-09-03 at 4:00pm.
>>>
>>> I easily found the search parameter to search for emails by date (Date > is after > date), but once I add time, “is after” is not an option.
>>
>> The search in the attached image seems to work. It is not elegant. Note that the series of matches on the formatted dates all have a leading space, so it won't catch those numbers in the minute field.
>
> Wow! That's a pretty hairy (and ingenious) workaround. Of course, it only works for those who use 24-hour formatting, which is uncommon in the US.

One could add a condition to that subset of conditions requiring that 'PM' is in the formatted date, and switch to looking for 4-11.



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