Retrieve IMAP email based on date AND time?

Question

I\'m trying to retrieve email using IMAP that\'s less than a certain number of hours old. I\'ve looked over the specifications, and there is a SINCE method that accepts an

Answer 1

RFC 5032 documents the WITHIN extension which introduces the search keyword YOUNGER, which is what you're looking for.

For example, to search for all emails less than 2 hours old:

a SEARCH YOUNGER 7200