Finding ranges of information
You can find ranges of information, such as all records that contain a field value that is greater or less than a number, or between two particular dates. A range is different based on the data type:
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Numbers: least to greatest
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Dates, times, and timestamps: earliest to latest
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Text: first to last word, based on the index order of words (not the sort order). A word can be a single character; for example, a find on a field for <M would return every record that contains a word less than M in the field’s index order.
To find ranges of information:
1.
Start a find request.
For more information, see Making a find request.
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Refer to the following table for examples of different ways to search for a range of information.
 
To find values that are
Use this operator
Examples
Less than a specified value
<
<40
<9/7/2014
<M
Less than or equal to a specified value
<= or ≤
<=95129
≤05:00:00
<=M
Greater than a specified value
>
>95129
>9/7/2014
>M
Greater than or equal to a specified value
>= or ≥
>=100
>=9/7/2014
≥8:00
≥M
Within the range you specify
.. or ...
(two or three periods)
12:30...17:30
1/1/2014..6/6/2015
A...M
Mon..Fri
Within the sub-range you specify
{..} or {...}
(two or three periods)
7/{1...15}/2014
{1..3}/{10..16}/2015
12:{30..45}
{7...9}:15 PM
Based only on certain date or time components such as month, year, or minutes (see more examples below)
* or type nothing for each component you don’t want to specify
3/*/2014
2/*
2014 *:30 PM
3.
When you’ve entered the find criteria that you want, click Perform Find in the status toolbar, or choose Requests menu > Perform Find.
Notes
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When searching for ranges of information in date, time, and timestamp fields, you don’t have to specify all date or time components. For example, you can type 5/2014 instead of 5/1/2014...5/31/2014 to find all dates in May 2014.
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You can combine operators to simplify range searches. For example, type */{10..15}/2014 to search for all dates in 2014, but only for days from the 10th through the 15th.
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For information on writing scripts to find a range of dates, see http://help.filemaker.com.
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Refer to the following tables for examples of different ways to search for dates, times, and timestamps.
 
To find dates
Type this in the field
In June 2014
6/2014
From July 2014 through October 2015
7/2014...10/2015
That occur on a Friday
=Friday
From the 10th through the 16th of October or November 2014
{10..11}/{10..16}/2014
That occur on March 1st between 1868 and 1912 in the Japanese Emperor Year era of Meiji
m*/3/1
That occur on December 31st between 1930 and 1940 in the Japanese Emperor Year era of Showa
S{5..15}+12+31
 
To find times
Type this in the field
In the 3 o’clock hour, not including 4:00 PM
3 PM
Between 8:00 AM and 8:59:59 PM
8 AM...8 PM
In the morning
AM
Any of the times 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 PM
{4..6}:30 PM
 
To find timestamps
Type this in the field
In the 3 o’clock hour today
// 3 PM
In the 7 o’clock hour in May 2014
5/2014 7 PM
That occur on a Monday in 2015
=Mon 2015
From the 10th through the 16th of November 2015 and from 3:00 PM to less than 6:00 PM
11/{10..16}/2015 {3..5} PM
Related topics 
Finding text and characters
Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
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