# Incomplete search results

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948 "2003-04-24T21:16:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948/1 "2003-04-24T21:16:34Z")

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I’ve had search results that didn’t return all the threads in the specified period, and then when I lengthen the period they appear. Any idea what’s going on?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948/2 "2003-04-24T21:53:29Z")

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The search function is based on local SDMB server time. The time _you_ see is local server time plus your time adjusment. For example, my time right now is 5:54 PM EDT, but the server time is 4:54 CDT. So, any posts I search for that are between 11 PM and 12AM server time won’t show up on a search for that day, because _my_ time is an hour later the next day.

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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948/3 "2003-04-25T01:30:44Z")

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But that doesn’t explain why a post from four days ago doesn’t show up on a search of last week’s threads.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomplete-search-results/170948/4 "2003-04-25T01:38:04Z")

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Hmmm…no it doesn’t. I dunno then, blame the hamsters. It’s what the rest of us do.