It may not have made it into the schemas, so just try adding this to your schema file:
<fieldType name="dateRange" class="solr.DateRangeField" /> As far as adding the 00Z, I would to be safe. Best, Erick On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Erick, > > In Solr's schema.xml, I cannot find <fieldType> for "dateRange", not even > on Apache Solr Reference guide [1]. What am I missing? I'm on Solr 5.2.1. > > Also, since my date data doesn't have seconds, can I leave ".ssZ" out or > must I supply it with "00"? > > Thanks > > Steve > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Working+with+Dates > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> You have two options for dates in this scenario, "tdate" or "dateRange". >> Probably in this case use dateRange, it should be more time and >> space efficient. Here's some background: >> >> https://lucidworks.com/blog/2016/02/13/solrs-daterangefield-perform/ >> >> Date types should be indexed as fully specified strings, as >> >> YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ >> >> Best, >> Erick >> >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > I need to index data data into Solr and then use this field for facet >> > search. My question is this, the date data in my DB is stored in the >> > following format "2016-03-29 15:54:35.461": >> > >> > 1) What format I should be indexing this date + time stamp into Solr? >> > 2) What Solr field type I should be using? Is it "date"? >> > 3) How do I handle various time zones and locales? >> > 4) Can I insert multi value data data into the single "date" facet field >> > and still use this field for facet search? >> > 5) Based on my need, will all the Date Math per [1] on date facet still >> > work? I'm confused here because of my need for (3). >> > >> > To elaborate on (4) some more. The need here is this. In my DB, there >> are >> > more than one column with date data. I will be indexing them all into >> this >> > single multi-value Solr field of type Date that I will then use for >> facet. >> > Is this possible? >> > >> > I guess, this is a two part question, for date facet: a) how to properly >> > index, and b) how do I properly search. >> > >> > As always, any insight is greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Steve >> > >> > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Working+with+Dates >>