Searching range of dates; a nightmare

I am trying to find photos taken between two dates, following various advices. They could be located in more than one position.
From the forementioned advice I am choosing to insert in the search box

Code:

datetaken:dd/mm/yyyy .. dd/mm/yyyy

. However, even though I know such pictures exist, nothing is found.

Ideas, please. :)

You can type something like this in the search field:

Code:

datemodified:(>YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm .. <YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm)

YYYY=Year
MM=Month
DD=Days
hh=Hours
mm=Minutes
ss=Seconds

For example to find files modified between 10/03/2019 Hour 15:30 and 17/03/2019 Hour 10:00:

Code:

datemodified:(>2019-03-10 15:30 .. <2019-03-17 10:00)

To find pictures only in that same date range:

Code:

datemodified:(>2019-02-10 15:30 .. <2019-03-17 10:00) kind:picture

Code:

datemodified:(>2019-02-10 .. <2019-03-17) kind:picture

* If your Windows is not in English you can change the tags "datemodified" and "Kind" to the equivalent of your Windows language. For me (Portuguese-Brazil) it would be "datademodificação" and "espécie" or you can use the english version but have to add "system." in front of each tag:

Code:

system.datemodified:(>2019-03-10 15:30 .. <2019-03-17 10:00) system.kind:picture

* You don't have to especify the hours
* Instead of ".." you can also use "AND" between the dates
* Instead of YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm you can use your local date format ex: DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss


If you want to make a log with a listing of all files that were created or modified between two dates you can acomplish this with robocopy:

Let's say you want a log with all the pictures created or modified between the dates of 10/03/2019 and 17/03/2019 in your e: drive and save the log on your desktop:

1. Open a comand prompt and type something like this:

Code:

robocopy E: %temp% /ndl /ts /nc /fp /njh /njs /ns /e /tee /L /maxage:20190310 /minage:20190317 *.jpg *.gif *.png *.bmp /log:%userprofile%\desktop\10-03__17-03.txt

/ndl -> No Directory Listing
/ts -> Time stamp
/nc -> No Classes
/fp -> Use Full Paths
/njh -> No Job Header
/njs -> No Job Summary
/ns -> No Sizes
/e -> Includes subfolders including Empty
/tee -> Shows listing on screen and saves the log
/L -> Listing only (If you don't use this robocopy will actually copy the files to %temp%
/maxage -> The maxage that files should have to be included
/minage -> The minimum age that files should have to be included
/Log -> The path to the log file
*.jpg *.gif *.png *.bmp -> restrict the search to this files

Were all saved as jpg? or were some tif, png or gif?
Was the date used in the save as?

dalchina
Thanks for your quick reply. I have had some problems interpreting it, and had thought from other examples spaces were needed before and after the periods, but no matter since I located the ones wanted by doing a simple search between 2 dates.
@ricardobohner
Thank you for the info on where to place the kind filter and other info. @Try3.
How did you select dates? I assume by holding down Control>copy and dragging. What happens if dates run over month ends?
Once again thanks for all your help. Now it’s time to sort out, which of several versions I want.

there is a indexing program called "everything" that works for me. It takes time to index all files but after you can set search
parameters just for photos. and get the results in seconds. You can also click on date and reorganize the results.
You can find it at Ninite.com

thomaseg1, Nice. I planned to suggest the same software and was waiting for a reply to post #5.