New rb:filter/2 to filter reports by date

The function filter/2 expects a second parameter
Dates that can be used to return reports that
occurred between the provided dates.

Usage:

Dec22 = {{2009,12,22},{0,0,0}}.
Dec24 = {{2009,12,24},{0,0,0}}.

rb:filter(Filters, {Dec22, from}).
%will return reports that occurred from Dec22.

rb:filter(Filters, {Dec22, to}).
%will return reports that occurred before Dec22.

rb:filter(Filters, {Dec22, Dec24}).
%will return reports that occurred between Dec22
% and  Dec24

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
index 0b5df29333..bb205c0554 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
+++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   <funcs>
     <func>
       <name>filter(Filters)</name>
+      <name>filter(Filters, Dates)</name>
       <fsummary>Filter reports and displays them on the screen</fsummary>
       <type>
         <v>Filters = [filter()]</v>
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@
         <v>Key = term()</v>
         <v>Value = term()</v>
         <v>RegExp = string() | {string, Options} | mp(), {mp(), Options}</v>
+        <v>Dates = {DateFrom, DateTo} | {DateFrom, from} | {DateTo, to}</v>
+        <v>DateFrom = DateTo = {date(), time()}</v>
+        <v>date() and time() are the same type as in the <c>calendar</c> module</v>
       </type>
       <desc>
         <p>This function displays the reports that match the provided filters.</p>
@@ -66,6 +70,25 @@
 	  If the filter is of the form <c>{Key, RegExp, re}</c> the report must contain an element with
 	  <c>key = Key</c> and <c>Value</c> must match the RegExp regular expression.
 	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If the Dates parameter is provided, then the reports are filtered according to the date
+	  when they occurred. If Dates is of the form <c>{DateFrom, from}</c> then reports that occurred
+	  after DateFrom are displayed.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If Dates is of the form <c>{DateTo, to}</c> then reports that occurred before DateTo
+	  are displayed.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If two Dates are provided, then reports that occurred between those dates are returned.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	   If you only want to filter only by dates, then you can provide the empty list as the Filters
+	   parameter.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  See <c>rb:grep/1</c> for more information on the RegExp parameter.
+	</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>