# Can I search for topics created in a given period of time? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-search-for-topics-created-in-a-given-period-of-time/160610 **Category:** Support **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-search-for-topics-created-in-a-given-period-of-time/160610 "2020-08-12T11:07:02Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![slivo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/slivo/32/186825_2.png) [@slivo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slivo) #### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-search-for-topics-created-in-a-given-period-of-time/160610/1 "2020-08-12T11:07:02Z")
I can see the search engine, but I can only enter the date. Can I search for posts or display them in json format e.g. only from the last hour, 5 hours etc? ---
### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke) #### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-search-for-topics-created-in-a-given-period-of-time/160610/2 "2020-08-12T12:27:43Z")
Yes you can, but only for days, using the advanced search page /search or by using the `after` and `before` search operators: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/9/49bab36f60c3dd03286ba3a469600079042e3832.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/b/fb74145c0fc49afe2a0e4131f80e2257804fcc82.png) You can then sort by latest posts to see the ones from the last hour or so. ---
### Author: ![slivo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/slivo/32/186825_2.png) [@slivo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slivo) #### Post date: [August 12, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-search-for-topics-created-in-a-given-period-of-time/160610/3 "2020-08-12T13:34:35Z")
Half very much / anyway can i limit the number of results only to the first 10 instead of 50 ?