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| author | Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> | 2014-01-07 10:09:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> | 2014-01-07 10:09:37 +0100 |
| commit | bac268e243f356ca90c11f4db9ff8126d4c59d5a (patch) | |
| tree | bbb0c63ac0ed27e17c6d80dc7a96c18058f234dc | |
| parent | 3798eadccdb2d681ee071403c5185ca014fb842e (diff) | |
Clarify --date* documentation (Fixes #2093)
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/__init__.py | 8 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -234,9 +234,12 @@ Videos can be filtered by their upload date using the options `--date`, `--dateb Examples: - $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months #will only download the videos uploaded in the last 6 months - $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 #will only download the videos uploaded in January 1, 1970 - $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20100101 #will only download the videos uploaded between 2000 and 2010 + $ # Download only the videos uploaded in the last 6 months + $ youtube-dl --dateafter now-6months + $ # Download only the videos uploaded on January 1, 1970 + $ youtube-dl --date 19700101 + $ # will only download the videos uploaded in the 200x decade + $ youtube-dl --dateafter 20000101 --datebefore 20091231 # FAQ diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index 5b0fde4ee..238a0818f 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -216,8 +216,12 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): selection.add_option('--min-filesize', metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', help="Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)", default=None) selection.add_option('--max-filesize', metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', help="Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)", default=None) selection.add_option('--date', metavar='DATE', dest='date', help='download only videos uploaded in this date', default=None) - selection.add_option('--datebefore', metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', help='download only videos uploaded before this date', default=None) - selection.add_option('--dateafter', metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', help='download only videos uploaded after this date', default=None) + selection.add_option( + '--datebefore', metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None, + help='download only videos uploaded on or before this date (i.e. inclusive)') + selection.add_option( + '--dateafter', metavar='DATE', dest='dateafter', default=None, + help='download only videos uploaded on or after this date (i.e. inclusive)') selection.add_option( '--min-views', metavar='COUNT', dest='min_views', default=None, type=int, |