Clarify --date* documentation (Fixes #2093)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45cfbec5a8148eb10b600ed2d642a45e58c0b553..0c496222f09af2adf2c1b091740260fe49cc3a8d 100644 (file)
--- 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 5b0fde4eef5662bc739946b689dd66bc72de49f6..238a0818f1c0b89604dc4e482a20b589cbf3a7b2 100644 (file)
--- 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,