# A Tip for Filtering by File Dates **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-tip-for-filtering-by-file-dates/13545 **Category:** Support **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-tip-for-filtering-by-file-dates/13545 "2012-06-12T19:53:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD) #### Post date: [June 13, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-tip-for-filtering-by-file-dates/13545/2 "2012-06-13T01:01:48Z")
> [@Doug Mackie](#): > > To make a playlist of "recent additions", I wanted a filter to return all files under my Music folder created after a specified date ... The information field _%\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw%_ is available, but there is no way within Mp3tag to get a user-specified timestamp to filter on. The best you can do is to copy an existing timestamp from a file in a custom column. This is awkward and imprecise because you cannot choose the exact date(s) that you want. ... That is not quite right. Mp3tag provides precise datetime\_raw values per file. Copy and paste the raw value from one place to another place within Mp3tag user interface needs not more time than using an external webservice. Read there ... [Filter by date?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/10687/4) [Filter if "modified date" is greater than "create date"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/12425/5) > [@Doug Mackie](#): > > ... Raw timestamps use _epoch time_ (sometimes called _Unix time_). That is the total number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 at midnight GMT, and is the format displayed by both _%\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw%_ and _%\_file\_mod\_datetime\_raw%_. > I found a site that makes the conversion easy: [www.epochconverter.com](http://www.epochconverter.com) You simply enter a normal date in one of their "human date to timestamp" sections, and one click later you have a timestamp value in epoch format. Just paste that number into your filter expression. No need to customize Mp3tag columns. ... ... there is just the need to have a running internet connection. DD.20120613.0500.CEST --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-tip-for-filtering-by-file-dates/13545)._