--- title: "Date ranges" description: "Every natural-language date pattern AI Chat understands, so you can scope a prompt to last week, a named month or a custom range." --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.speakai.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Date ranges This guide documents all supported date patterns in the Chat. These patterns allow you to specify date ranges in natural language within their prompts. ## Usage Examples in AI Chat Here are practical examples of how these patterns work in AI chat scenarios: ## Business Analysis - "Highlight unresolved key issues from **last 3 months**" - "Show me sales performance for **Q1 2024**" - "What are the trends **year to date**?" ## Meeting Summaries - "Tell me the summary from **yesterday's** meeting" - "What action items were discussed **last week**?" - "Show me all decisions made **this month**" ## Data Analysis - "Compare revenue **between January and March 2024**" - "What's the growth rate **in the past 6 months**?" - "Show me user engagement **since December**" ## Project Management - "List all tasks completed **last couple of weeks**" - "What milestones are due **next quarter**?" - "Show me progress **month to date**" ## 1. Last N Periods - "Show me all customer feedback from the **last 10 days**" - "What were the top issues reported in the **last 3 weeks**?" - "Analyze sales performance over the **last 6 months**" - "Compare our growth with competitors from the **last 2 years**" - "List all meetings scheduled in the **last 1 week**" \2. Last Written Number Periods - "Summarize all project updates from the **last two days**" - "What trends emerged in the **last three weeks**?" - "Show me budget allocations for the **last four months**" - "How has our team productivity changed over the **last five years**?" - "Generate a report of all incidents from the **last seven days**" *Supported written numbers: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten* ## 3. "Couple" and "Few" Patterns - "What urgent tasks came up in the **last couple of days**?" - "Show me client communications from the **last couple of weeks**" - "Highlight key decisions made in the **last few days**" - "What new opportunities arose in the **past couple of months**?" - "Analyze user feedback from the **past few weeks**" - "List all system updates deployed in the **past few months**" ## 4. Next N Periods - "What are the planned deliverables for the **next 3 weeks**?" - "Show me projected revenue for the **next 6 months**" - "What strategic goals are set for the **next 2 years**?" - "List all upcoming events in the **next two days**" - "Plan resource allocation for the **next five months**" ## 5. Past N Periods - "Analyze user engagement trends from the **past 30 days**" - "What were our biggest achievements in the **past 2 years**?" - "Show me all support tickets from the **in the past 5 months**" - "Highlight security incidents from the **past two weeks**" - "What lessons learned can we extract from the **past three months**?" ## 6. Calendar Periods - "What were the key accomplishments from **last week**?" - "Show me all invoices generated **last month**" - "How did our company perform **last year**?" - "What meetings were scheduled **previous week**?" - "List all new hires from **previous month**" - "Compare our growth metrics with **previous year**" ## 7. Current Periods - "What are the priorities for **this week**?" - "Show me all expenses recorded **this month**" - "How are we tracking against our goals for **this year**?" - "List all deadlines coming up **this week**" - "What's the budget status for **this month**?" ## 8. Day-Specific Patterns - "What meetings do I have scheduled for **today**?" - "Show me the summary from **yesterday**'s stand-up" - "What deliverables are due **tomorrow**?" - "Remind me about the presentation **day after tomorrow**" - "What was discussed in the meeting **day before yesterday**?" ## 9. Quarter Patterns - "What were our sales figures for **Q1**?" - "Show me the performance metrics from **Q2 2024**" - "What are the strategic initiatives for **Quarter 3**?" - "How did we perform in the **first quarter**?" - "What's the outlook for **this quarter**?" - "What are the goals for **next quarter**?" - "Compare our results with **previous quarter**" ## 10. "To Date" Patterns - "What's our revenue performance **year to date**?" - "Show me all project completions **quarter to date**" - "What are the expenses **month to date**?" - "How many support tickets were resolved **week to date**?" - "What's the sales pipeline looking like **YTD**?" - "Show me customer acquisition numbers **QTD**" ## 11. Month Patterns - "What were the hiring statistics for **January**?" - "Show me all project milestones from **March 2024**" - "What's been happening **since January**?" - "List all customer onboarding from **Dec**" - "How did our marketing campaigns perform in **August**?" - "What changes have occurred **since March 2024**?" *Supported months: January/Jan, February/Feb, March/Mar, April/Apr, May, June/Jun, July/Jul, August/Aug, September/Sep, October/Oct, November/Nov, December/Dec* ## 12. Date Range Patterns - "Compare our performance **between January and March 2024**" - "Show me all activities from **Jan to Mar 2025**" - "What trends emerged **from February to May 2023**?" - "Analyze data **from January to March**" - "Show me all transactions **2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31**" ## 13. Year Patterns - "What were our major accomplishments in **2024**?" - "Show me all financial reports from **2023**" - "What are the strategic plans for **2025**?" - "How did we perform compared to **2022**?" ## 14. Business Period Patterns - "What were our key metrics for **H1 2024**?" - "Show me the performance summary for **H2 2023**" - "What's the budget allocation for **FY2024**?" - "How did we close **fiscal year 2023**?" - "What are the projections for **FY 2025**?" ## 15. Natural Language Fallback - "What meetings are scheduled for **next Friday**?" - "Show me all tasks completed **two weeks ago**" - "What deliverables are due **January 15th**?" - "List all events from **March 3rd 2024**" - "What's planned **in 3 days**?" - "Show me notes from **last Monday**" Want a hand setting this up? [Book a free consult](https://calendly.com/speak-ai/consult?utm_source=docs&utm_campaign=consult) and we'll do it together on your account. --- Related: [AI Chat](/help/ai-chat/) ยท [Attachments](/help/ai-chat/attachments/) Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/ai-chat/date-ranges/index.mdx