# Failing to query by date range using format

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-query-by-date-range-using-format/56422>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-query-by-date-range-using-format/56422 "2016-07-26T17:00:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Chambers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matt_chambers/32/607_2.png) [@Matt\_Chambers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_Chambers)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-query-by-date-range-using-format/56422/1 "2016-07-26T17:00:57Z")

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Hi, trying to query records from a particular year.

> "range" : {  
> "source.date" : {  
> "from" : "2014",  
> "to" : "2014",  
> "format" : "yyyy",  
> "include\_lower" : true,  
> "include\_upper" : true  
> }

Any ideas?

I can accomplish other ways, but this seems like it should work.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Chambers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matt_chambers/32/607_2.png) [@Matt\_Chambers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_Chambers)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-query-by-date-range-using-format/56422/2 "2016-07-26T17:04:05Z")

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Never mind, found in docs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-query-by-date-range-using-format/56422/3 "2017-07-05T22:32:47Z")

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