# Selecting observations with no date

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 22, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252 "2020-11-22T23:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![victorengel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/victorengel/32/4645_2.png) [@victorengel](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/victorengel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/1 "2020-11-22T23:17:06Z")

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It is possible to query observations by a specific date or with a date range, either open-ended or close-ended. But how can we select observations with no observation date? I have some observations like that, so entered because they were from scans of slides, some of which were taken when I was something like 5 years old. So in those case, I could probably guess a date within a couple years, which isn’t helpful in entering dates. But the interface allows dateless entries. So how can we select those?

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/2 "2020-11-23T00:11:22Z")

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> [@Large number of app users with Date Observed missing](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/large-number-of-app-users-with-date-observed-missing/11498/4):
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> There’s currently no way to search for observations that are missing a date.

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> [@Large number of app users with Date Observed missing](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/large-number-of-app-users-with-date-observed-missing/11498/3):
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> Since verifiable observations have a date, a location, media, and aren’t captive, we just have to flip all the switches to get observations missing only a date.
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> [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality\_grade=casual&verifiable=false&photos=true&captive=false&geo=true](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=casual&verifiable=false&photos=true&captive=false&geo=true)

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**Author:** ![victorengel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/victorengel/32/4645_2.png) [@victorengel](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/victorengel)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/3 "2020-11-23T00:32:59Z")

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Thanks. That mostly worked. However, it somehow also selected this one. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40009395](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40009395)

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/4 "2020-11-23T01:34:44Z")

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Yeah, it won’t work for Homo sapiens observations, sound observations, and observations with down votes in the DQA.

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**Author:** ![victorengel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/victorengel/32/4645_2.png) [@victorengel](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/victorengel)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/5 "2020-11-23T01:48:25Z")

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OK. Better than nothing, though. Thanks for the kludge idea. What is DQA?

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/6 "2020-11-23T01:52:10Z")

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The data quality assessment – it’s a section at the bottom of the website page for the observation.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/selecting-observations-with-no-date/18252/7 "2021-01-22T01:52:17Z")

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