Need to find a message that contains a specific date reference

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  • 25-Sep-2019
  • 25-Sep-2019

Environment

Retain Unified Archiving 4.x

Situation

In specific situations, it is necessary to find messages that contain a specific date reference, for example: 12/2/16.

When searching in Retain, the / will be seen as a space rather than the mmddyy separator.

Resolution

Enter the specific date criteria in the following format: 12?2?16.

The ‘?’ will match exactly one character.

More details on RegEx and Wildcard searches can be found here.