Hi Andrew,
Funnelback current supports dates in the following formats:
If Funnleback is interpreting the dates supplied in a less than ideal manner, I would recommend modifying the documents so that they use an unambiguous date format like the “Long form” (DD MMMM YYYY e.g 31 January 2001). This can be done at the source or by using filters.
If you go down the filter path, please see this following link for an example of how to manipulate documents:
The general approach for the filter will be something like:
- “select” the date using the css selector
- Convert the date string into the a date object. This webpage might be useful Groovy Goodness: Working with Dates - Messages from mrhaki
- Add the date back into the document and ensure that this field is mapped in Funnelback using the metadata mapping screen.
Please note that you will need to kick off new crawls to test the filters.
Let me know if you need any more information.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
~Gioan