Help with search string for DATE RANGE

Howdy scholars,

How would I search for a topic or word that is in proximity to a date range. Say, for example, I wanted to see when these terms/names/subjects are used near EITHER dates that are tagged as such OR dates that are simply listed as characters (for example, I see sometimes that dates do not have the date flag symbol beside them, like say 125 AD with no label).

Then there's the complexity of "late fifth century AD" sometimes being the label verses other times its 475 AD as the label, and I'll need to include both in that range to make sure I dont miss any hits, right?

So here are the terms I need, in proximity to centuries, like 1st century AD [1AD - 99AD], then 2nd century AD [100AD to 199AD], etc, etc, etc....

(diakon* OR diacon* OR diakŏnŏs OR deacon* OR <Topic Deacon> OR <Sense deacon> OR <Person Deacons> OR διάκονος)

Any wisdom would be appreciated! I need as many hits as I can get, esp in the mid-evil period!

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Andrew Batishko

The date datatype is pretty flexible in its syntax.

For example, you can search for: <Date 1st century AD> to find any dates in the first century.

Or search for: <Date = 1st century AD> to find references to exactly the first century.

Also valid is: <Date late 1st century AD>

Or: <Date mid 1st century AD>

You can also right click on a date and select the date on the right side of the context menu, then select the "Search all resources" option to find the valid way to refer to a particular date you might find.

If there isn't a flag icon (and the "Timeline events" visual filter is turned on), then the date has not been tagged, and you won't be able to search using the Date datatype as shown above. The date will also not show up in the right click menu.

Mark Barnes

<Date late 1st century AD>

That's extremely useful and powerful. It needs to be documented somewhere - we would never have worked that out on our own! (I knew about <Date 1975> or <Date 31 August 1975>, but not about this.)

Andrew Batishko

<Date late 1st century AD>

That's extremely useful and powerful. It needs to be documented somewhere - we would never have worked that out on our own! (I knew about <Date 1975> or <Date 31 August 1975>, but not about this.)

I agree. I'll create a case to get this done.

You can look through the Timeline tool for other possible uses. The date rendering on the items in there are all direct renderings of Date references. The only other particularly useful feature I spotted there (with a quick scan) was the ability to specify ranges as part of the reference, millennium references, and use of "ca":

Lynden O. Williams

Andrew, how about a short video tutorial.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

<Date late 1st century AD>

That's extremely useful and powerful. It needs to be documented somewhere - we would never have worked that out on our own! (I knew about <Date 1975> or <Date 31 August 1975>, but not about this.)

I agree. I'll create a case to get this done.

Please update Logos 6 Help:

Timeline Learn More could link to Advanced Searching with several Date Range examples. Search Fields already has link to Advanced Searching

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Al Graham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/821323#Comment_821323

@Andrew Batishko

Where can I find L10 syntax for the above.

Are there any other fields other than date that can be used in search.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

@Al Graham Where can I find L10 syntax for the above.

Suggestion is Books Search for any of the above <Date …> items: e.g. <Date AD 1>

followed by clicking Search for suggestion: e.g. date:"AD 1"

@Al Graham Are there any other fields other than date that can be used in search.

Logos Help Center includes Help Manual, which has Searchable Labels: e.g. date

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Al Graham

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1353158#Comment_1353158

@Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Thank you for your help.

date:"spring of BC 900s"

date:"early autumn of AD 11"

date:"five fifties"

The above work, I am interested in documentation on the values and syntax for date and other "datatypes" (not sure if datatypes is the correct word here).

Are datatypes sometimes called Labeltypes?