dates vs filter_date

[kvalev]

So far I have been using the dates filter with only a single value to restrict which assets should be shown. Now I was upgrading to a newer kiosk version and saw that there is also the filter_date config option and I am a bit lost as to what the difference between the two is. Is it only the bucketing stuff? Meaning if you use only a single dates then its identical to using a date filter?

[damongolding]

The date option creates a bucket. The filter_date filters other buckets. So this would create two buckets. Album_an and a selection of assets from your whole library limited from 2024-01-01 to today. ```yaml album:   - album_a date:   - 2024-01-01_to_today ``` While this would filter/limit the asset shown in album_a to 2024-01-01 to today ```yaml album:   - album_a filter_date:   - 2024-01-01_to_today ```

[kvalev]

Thanks! I guess I was just lucky that I didnt have any other buckets, so dates just served as filter.