# ERA5.1 CDS API Selecting Time range

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**Created:** [30 May 2025 17:06 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-1-cds-api-selecting-time-range/13256 "2025-05-30T17:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![yagizzu](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/f1d935/32.png) [@yagizzu](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/yagizzu)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 17:06 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-1-cds-api-selecting-time-range/13256/1 "2025-05-30T17:06:12Z")

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Hi,

Can i use year, month, and day sytnax in API or its just work for date ?

For example

request = {  
‘type’ : ‘an’,  
‘param’ : ‘129/130/131/132/157’,  
‘levtype’ : ‘pl’,  
‘levelist’: ‘all’,  
‘date’ : ‘2000-01-01’,  
#‘year’:“2000”,  
#“month”:“01”,  
#‘day’ : ‘01’,  
‘time’ : ‘00:00:00/06:00:00/12:00:00/18:00:00’,  
‘area’ : ‘47/20/35/40’,  
‘grid’ : ‘0.3/0.3’,  
‘format’ : ‘grib’,

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  }

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can i use in # values

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**Author:** ![Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Michela)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2025 11:09 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/era5-1-cds-api-selecting-time-range/13256/2 "2025-06-03T11:09:43Z")

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Hi,  
Please check the example at the end of the following page: [How to download ERA5 - Copernicus Knowledge Base - ECMWF Confluence Wiki](https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/How+to+download+ERA5#heading-OptionBDownloadERA5familydatastoredonMARStapearchivenodataselectioncanbemadefromtheCDSdownloadform-S)

Thanks  
Michela