Index: typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/indexed_search.tmpl
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/indexed_search.tmpl	(revision 257)
+++ typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/indexed_search.tmpl	(working copy)
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@
 		</tr>
 		<!-- ###SELECT_SEARCH_IN### end -->
 
+		<!-- ###SELECT_DATERANGE### begin -->
+		<tr>
+			<td>###FORM_DATERANGE###</td>
+			<td colspan="2">
+				<select name="tx_indexedsearch[dateRange]" class="tx-indexedsearch-selectbox-daterange daterange">
+					###SELECTBOX_DATERANGE_VALUES###
+				</select>
+			</td>
+		</tr>
+		<!-- ###SELECT_DATERANGE### end -->
+
 		<!-- ###SELECT_SECTION### begin -->
 		<tr>
 			<td>###FORM_FROMSECTION###</td>
Index: typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/class.tx_indexedsearch.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/class.tx_indexedsearch.php	(revision 257)
+++ typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/class.tx_indexedsearch.php	(working copy)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 	 */
 	var $indexerObj;
 	var $templateCode;			// Will hold the content of $conf['templateFile']
-	var $hiddenFieldList = 'ext, type, defOp, media, order, group, lang, desc, results';
+	var $hiddenFieldList = 'ext, type, defOp, media, order, group, lang, desc, results, dateRange';
 
 
 	/**
@@ -298,6 +298,14 @@
 				'20' => '20',
 				'50' => '50',
 				'100' => '100',
+			),
+			'dateRange' => array(
+				'' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_no_limit'),
+				'86400' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_last_day'),
+				'259200' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_last_3days'),
+				'604800' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_last_week'),
+				'2592000' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_last_month'),
+				'7776000' => $this->pi_getLL('opt_dateRange_last_quarter'),
 			)
 		);
 
@@ -1005,6 +1013,23 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Returns an AND statement for date range selection
+	 *
+	 * @return	string		AND statement for date range selection
+	 */
+	protected function dateRangeWhere() {
+		$dateRange = trim((string)$this->piVars['dateRange']);
+
+		if (empty($dateRange) || !is_numeric($dateRange) || $dateRange <= 0) {
+			$out = '';
+		} else {
+			$out = 'AND IP.item_mtime>=' . (time() - intval($dateRange));
+		}
+	
+		return $out;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Returns AND statement for selection of langauge
 	 *
 	 * @return	string		AND statement for selection of langauge
@@ -1158,6 +1183,7 @@
 							$page_join,
 						$wordSel.'
 							IP.phash IN ('.$list.') '.
+							$this->dateRangeWhere(). ' ' .
 							$this->mediaTypeWhere().' '.
 							$this->languageWhere().
 							$freeIndexUidClause.'
@@ -1187,6 +1213,7 @@
 						'ISEC.*, IP.*',
 						'index_phash IP,index_section ISEC'.$page_join,
 						'IP.phash IN ('.$list.') '.
+							$this->dateRangeWhere(). ' ' .
 							$this->mediaTypeWhere().' '.
 							$this->languageWhere().
 							$freeIndexUidClause.'
@@ -1322,7 +1349,7 @@
 		$html = $this->cObj->getSubpart($this->templateCode, '###SEARCH_FORM###');
 
 			// Multilangual text
-		$substituteArray = array('legend', 'searchFor', 'extResume', 'atATime', 'orderBy', 'fromSection', 'searchIn', 'match', 'style', 'freeIndexUid');
+		$substituteArray = array('legend', 'searchFor', 'extResume', 'atATime', 'orderBy', 'fromSection', 'searchIn', 'match', 'style', 'freeIndexUid', 'dateRange');
 		foreach ($substituteArray as $marker)	{
 			$markerArray['###FORM_'.t3lib_div::strtoupper($marker).'###'] = $this->pi_getLL('form_'.$marker,'',1);
 		}
@@ -1442,6 +1469,12 @@
 				$markerArray['###EXT_RESUME_CHECKED###'] = $this->piVars['extResume'] ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
 			}
 
+			if (!is_array($optValues['dateRange']) || $this->conf['blind.']['dateRange']) {
+				$html = $this->cObj->substituteSubpart($html, '###SELECT_DATERANGE###', '');
+			} else {
+				unset($hiddenFieldArr['dateRange']);
+				$markerArray['###SELECTBOX_DATERANGE_VALUES###'] = $this->renderSelectBoxValues($this->piVars['dateRange'], $optValues['dateRange']);
+			}
 		} else {	// Extended search
 			$html = $this->cObj->substituteSubpart($html, '###SEARCH_FORM_EXTENDED###', '');
 		}
Index: typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/locallang.xml
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/locallang.xml	(revision 257)
+++ typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/locallang.xml	(working copy)
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 			<label index="opt_RL1ALL">All pages on level 1</label>
 			<label index="opt_RL2">- Level 2:</label>
 			<label index="opt_RL2ALL">- All pages on level 2</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_no_limit">No limit</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_last_day">Last day</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_last_3days">Last 3 days</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_last_week">Last week</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_last_month">Last month</label>
+			<label index="opt_dateRange_last_quarter">Last quarter</label>
 			<label index="form_legend">Search form</label>
 			<label index="form_searchFor">Search for:</label>
 			<label index="form_extResume">Extended resume</label>
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@
 			<label index="form_searchIn">Search in:</label>
 			<label index="form_match">Match:</label>
 			<label index="form_style">Style:</label>
+			<label index="form_dateRange">Date range:</label>
 			<label index="rules_header">Rules:</label>
 			<label index="rules_text">
 			Only words with 2 or more characters are accepted
Index: typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/template_css.tmpl
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/template_css.tmpl	(revision 257)
+++ typo3/sysext/indexed_search/pi/template_css.tmpl	(working copy)
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
 		</div>
 		<!-- ###SELECT_SEARCH_IN### end -->
 
+		<!-- ###SELECT_DATERANGE### begin -->
+		<div class="tx-indexedsearch-search-select-daterange">
+			<label for="tx-indexedsearch-selectbox-daterange">###FORM_DATERANGE###</label>
+			<select name="tx_indexedsearch[dateRange]" id="tx-indexedsearch-selectbox-daterange" class="tx-indexedsearch-selectbox-daterange daterange">###SELECTBOX_DATERANGE_VALUES###</select>
+		</div>
+		<!-- ###SELECT_DATERANGE### end -->
+
 		<!-- ###SELECT_SECTION### begin -->
 		<div class="tx-indexedsearch-search-select-section">
 			<label for="tx-indexedsearch-selectbox-sections">###FORM_FROMSECTION###</label>