Index: /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/project.xml
===================================================================
--- /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/project.xml	(revision 396338)
+++ /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/project.xml	(working copy)
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
     </contributor>
     <contributor>
       <name>Christoph Jerolimov</name>
+      <email>c.jerolimov@tarent.de</email>
+      <organization>tarent GmbH, Germany</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
     </contributor>
   </contributors>
   <developers>
Index: /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/main/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParser.java
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--- /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/main/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParser.java	(revision 371829)
+++ /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/main/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -85,8 +85,74 @@
     /** current changelog file */
     private ChangeLogFile changeLogFile;
 
+    /** date filter, only entries after this date match */
+    private Date filterDateStart;
+
+    /** date filter, only entries before this date match */
+    private Date filterDateEnd;
+
     public void init( ChangeLog changeLog )
     {
+        if (changeLog.getType().equals("range"))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if ( ( changeLog.getRange() != null )
+                    && ( changeLog.getRange().length() != 0 ) )
+                {
+                    long range = Integer.parseInt(changeLog.getRange());
+                    filterDateStart = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()
+                        - ( range * ( 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 ) ) );
+                    filterDateEnd = null;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("no range");
+                }
+            }
+            catch (NumberFormatException e)
+            {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                filterDateStart = null;
+                filterDateEnd = null;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (changeLog.getType().equals("date"))
+        {
+            if ( ( changeLog.getMarkerStart() != null )
+                    && ( changeLog.getMarkerStart().length() != 0 ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    filterDateStart = new SimpleDateFormat("y-M-d").
+                        parse(changeLog.getMarkerStart());
+                }
+                catch (ParseException e)
+                {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                    filterDateStart = null;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if ( ( changeLog.getMarkerEnd() != null )
+                    && ( changeLog.getMarkerEnd().length() != 0 ) )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    filterDateEnd = new SimpleDateFormat("y-M-d").
+                        parse(changeLog.getMarkerEnd());
+                }
+                catch (ParseException e)
+                {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                    filterDateEnd = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if (changeLog.getType().equals("tag"))
+        {
+            // MKS filter for 'tag' is not impl yet.
+        }
     }
 
     public void cleanup()
@@ -269,6 +335,13 @@
             return;
         }
 
+        // do not add if entry doesn't match date range.
+        if ( (filterDateStart != null && changeLogEntry.getDate().before(filterDateStart)) ||
+            (filterDateEnd != null && changeLogEntry.getDate().after(filterDateEnd)) )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         String key =
             ENTRY_KEY_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT.format( changeLogEntry.getDate() )
             + changeLogEntry.getAuthor() + changeLogEntry.getComment();
Index: /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParserTest.java
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--- /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParserTest.java	(revision 371829)
+++ /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test/org/apache/maven/mkslib/MksChangeLogParserTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
+import org.apache.maven.changelog.ChangeLog;
 import org.apache.maven.changelog.ChangeLogEntry;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
  */
 public class MksChangeLogParserTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /** the {link ChangeLog} used for testing */
+    private ChangeLog changeLog;
+
     /** the {@link MksChangeLogParser} used for testing */
     private MksChangeLogParser instance;
 
@@ -59,14 +64,25 @@
      */
     public void setUp() throws Exception
     {
-        // We force the english locale
+        // We force the german locale
         // because the test file uses it.
-        Locale.setDefault(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        Locale.setDefault(Locale.GERMAN);
         String baseDir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
+        if (baseDir == null)
+            baseDir = "/home/christoph/workspace/changelog";
 
         assertNotNull( "The system property basedir was not defined.", baseDir );
         testFile = baseDir + "/src/test-resources/mkslib/mkslog.txt";
+        
+        System.out.println(new Date());
+        
+        changeLog = new ChangeLog();
+        changeLog.setType("date");
+        changeLog.setMarkerStart("2006-01-15");
+        changeLog.setMarkerEnd("2006-01-31");
+        
         instance = new MksChangeLogParser();
+        instance.init( changeLog );
     }
 
     /**
Index: /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test-resources/mkslib/mkslog.txt
===================================================================
--- /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test-resources/mkslib/mkslog.txt	(revision 371829)
+++ /home/christoph/workspace/changelog/src/test-resources/mkslib/mkslog.txt	(working copy)
@@ -54,3 +54,19 @@
 date: Jan 16, 2006 - 16:02 PM; author: AUTHOR; state: InWork; lines: +0 -0
 Initial revision
 ===============================================================================
+member name: myproject/oldfile;	working file: /myproject/oldfile
+head:	1.1
+member:	1.1
+branch:	
+locks:	; strict
+attributes:	
+file format: text
+revision storage: reverse deltas
+total revisions: 1; branches: 0; branch revisions: 0
+description:
+Initial Version
+-----------------------
+revision 1.1
+date: Jan 14, 2006 - 11:02 PM; author: AUTHOR; state: InWork; lines: +0 -0
+Initial revision
+===============================================================================