Date Picker

The date picker sets the time range of a view. Trendz loads and analyzes only the data inside this range. The picker sits in the toolbar of every view, and the same picker appears wherever Trendz asks for a period.

A new view starts with This Week, in your browser’s time zone.

A time range is either absolute or relative.

Range	Defined by	Example	Use it for
Absolute	Fixed start and end dates	Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026	A specific period, like an incident or a billing month
Relative	An offset from the current moment	Last 7 days, This Month	Views you open regularly to see recent data

An absolute range shows the same period whenever you open the view. A relative range moves with time, and it can also point to the future, which suits views with forecasts or planned values.

Click the date picker in the view toolbar to open it.

#	Area	Contents
1	Presets	Ready-made ranges like Today or Last 30 days
2	Use relative	Switches the calendars to the relative range builder, and back with Use absolute
3	Timezone	Opens the time zone settings
4	Calendars	Two months side by side, with the exact From and To times below

Every change applies at once; there is no Apply button. The picker closes when you pick a preset, press Esc, or click outside it.

Presets are grouped by unit. Hover over a group to open it. The preset that matches the current range is highlighted. All presets are relative ranges.

Group	Presets
—	Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow
Days	Last 7, 14, 30, 90 days; Next 7, 14, 30 days
Week	This Week, Prev Week, Next Week; Last 2, 3, 4 weeks
Month	This Month, Prev Month, Next Month; Last 3, 6, 12 months
Year	This Year, Last year, Prev Year, Next Year, Last 3 years

How the presets count time:

Preset	Covers
Last N	The current period and the N − 1 before it. Last 7 days is today and the 6 days before
Next N	The current period and the N − 1 after it. Next 7 days is today and the 6 days after
This, Prev, Next	One whole calendar unit: the current, the previous, or the following one
Last year	The last 365 days up to today. Prev Year is the previous calendar year

1. Open the date picker. Use the arrows or the month and year dropdowns to reach the right month.

2. Click the first day of the range.

3. Click the last day of the range. Both days are included.

4. Optionally, set the exact time in the From and To fields under the calendars.

When no preset fits, build your own relative range.

1. Open the date picker and click Use relative. The Custom relative range builder replaces the calendars.

2. In the From row, set the start of the range.

3. In the To row, set its end. The Resolves to line shows the exact range.

Each row has four fields:

Field	Values
Direction	last (in the past), this (the current period), next (in the future)
Amount	How many units. Not used with this
Unit	minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year
Alignment	from its start rounds to the start of the unit, like midnight for a day; at this exact time keeps the current time

Examples:

From	To	Result
last 3 days, from its start	this day, from its start	The 3 days before today, without today
this day, from its start	next 3 days, from its start	Today and the next 2 days
last 6 hours, at this exact time	this hour, at this exact time	The 6 hours up to now

If the start falls after the end, the builder shows Not a valid range, and the range is not applied until you fix one of the rows.

For a relative range, the toolbar shows its name, like Last 7 days, not dates. To see what it covers right now:

• Open the picker: the calendars highlight the days the range covers.
• Click Use relative: the Resolves to line shows the start and end to the second, in the selected time zone.

For an absolute range, the toolbar shows the dates, like Sep.21.2026 - Sep.27.2026, with times when they are set.

The date picker uses your browser’s time zone by default. Change it when the data belongs to a site in another time zone, to see “today” as it is there.

1. Open the date picker and click Timezone.

2. Open the time zone dropdown and type a city or region, like Berlin or America.

3. Select the time zone. The view reloads with it.

4. Click Timezone again to return to the range settings.

When you change the time zone of an absolute range, the selected days stay the same: the range now means those days in the new time zone.