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# DirectoryFileModifiedSince

The `DirectoryFileModifiedSince` parameter limits the files that are retrieved by the connector. Files are retrieved only if they were modified on or after 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

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

Type: | Date or relative date (UTC time)
Default: |
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName or FetchTasks
Example: | To retrieve files modified since 23 June 2010: `DirectoryFileModifiedSince=2010-JUN-23 00:00:00` To retrieve files modified in the last 60 days: `DirectoryFileModifiedSince=-60days`
See Also: | DirectoryFileModifiedBefore

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Version 26.3 | Last updated July 2026

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Product: Knowledge Discovery File System Connector 26.3

Topic Title: DirectoryFileModifiedSince