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Advanced searching commands
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   The following functions can be used to search for records based on
creation and/or modification dates.  These functions will match records
that have `timestamp' and/or `creation-date' fields (as appropriate.
Note: Predefined Hooks. for more information on these fields, which
are created by default.

`bbdb-timestamp-older'
     Display all records modified before a given date.  If this
     function is called interactively, it will prompt for a date.  If
     it is being called non-interactively, the date should be provided
     as a string in `yyyy-mm-dd' format.

`bbdb-timestamp-newer'
     Display all records modified after a given date.  If this function
     is called interactively, it will prompt for a date.  If it is
     being called non-interactively, the date should be provided as a
     string in `yyyy-mm-dd' format.

`bbdb-creation-older'
     Display all records created before a given date.  If this function
     is called interactively, it will prompt for a date.  If it is
     being called non-interactively, the date should be provided as a
     string in `yyyy-mm-dd' format.

`bbdb-creation-newer'
     Display all records created after a given date.  If this function
     is called interactively, it will prompt for a date.  If it is
     being called non-interactively, the date should be provided as a
     string in `yyyy-mm-dd' format.

`bbdb-creation-no-change'
     Display all records that have not been changed since creation.