Answers.Body: <p>Ok, found an answer that made it a bit clearer:
  <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/8739/how-do-i-get-elements-using-getcriteria-from-a-specific-date/8747#8747">How do I get elements using getCriteria from a specific date?</a></p>
  
  <p>Basically you can do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$criteria = craft()-&gt;elements-&gt;getCriteria(ElementType::Entry);
  $criteria-&gt;postDate = '&gt;'. date('Y-m-d', strtotime("-4 weeks"));
  $result = $criteria-&gt;find();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>To get Entries form a month back.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Im trying to figure out how to get Entries by date range, say I would like to get all Entries from one week back, or I would like to get all Entries from a specific month.</p>
  
  <p>I find some Twig examples, but haven't successfully been able to translate them to php for use in my plugin.</p>
  
  <p>Any help is much appreciated.</p>
  
Tags: <plugin-development><search><elementcriteriamodel><postdate>
Title: Get entries by date range from plugin
ThreadText: # Get entries by date range from plugin
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-15)
  
  Im trying to figure out how to get Entries by date range, say I would like to get all Entries from one week back, or I would like to get all Entries from a specific month.
  
  I find some Twig examples, but haven't successfully been able to translate them to php for use in my plugin.
  
  Any help is much appreciated.
  
  **Tags:** plugin-development, search, elementcriteriamodel, postdate
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-01-15. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Ok, found an answer that made it a bit clearer:
  [How do I get elements using getCriteria from a specific date?](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/8739/how-do-i-get-elements-using-getcriteria-from-a-specific-date/8747#8747)
  
  Basically you can do this:
  
  ```
  $criteria = craft()->elements->getCriteria(ElementType::Entry);
  $criteria->postDate = '>'. date('Y-m-d', strtotime("-4 weeks"));
  $result = $criteria->find();
  
  ```
  
  To get Entries form a month back.
  
  
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