# DirectoryFileModifiedBefore

The `DirectoryFileModifiedBefore` parameter limits the files that are retrieved by the connector. Files are retrieved only if they were modified on or before the specified time.

Set the value of this parameter in one of the following ways:

- An absolute date in epoch seconds.
- An absolute date in the format `YYYY-SHORTMONTH-DD H+:N+:S+`.

- A relative date, starting with the character ‘`-`’ followed by a time duration. The time duration is relative to the time when the task begins, which results in a rolling limit. Relative dates support the units year(s), month(s), week(s), day(s), hour(s), minute(s), and second(s). You can shorten the value by abbreviating the units to their first letter (months abbreviates to m, minutes to n). For example:

         -3months 1week
         -3m 1w

  A single value without a unit is read in seconds, so the following are equivalent:

         -1day
         -86400s
         -86400

  Positive values are accepted if they begin with the character '`+`', but be aware that positive values represent times in the future.

When the connector runs a synchronize task, files that were previously ingested but no longer meet this limit are removed from the IDOL index.

Type: | Date or relative date (UTC time)
Default: |
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName or FetchTasks
Example: | To retrieve files only if they were last modified before 1st Nov 2011: `DirectoryFileModifiedBefore=2011-NOV-01 00:00:00` To retrieve files only if they have not been modified in the last 7 days: `DirectoryFileModifiedBefore=-7days`
See Also: | DirectoryFileModifiedSince

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