From: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:09:37 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Clarify --date* documentation (Fixes #2093)
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bac268e243f356ca90c11f4db9ff8126d4c59d5a;p=youtube-dl

Clarify --date* documentation (Fixes #2093)
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45cfbec5a..0c496222f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -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,