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Expand Up @@ -62,20 +62,22 @@ Query | Example
<code><em>YYYY</em>-<em>MM</em>-<em>DD</em>T<em>HH</em>:<em>MM</em>:<em>SS</em>+<em>00</em>:<em>00</em></code> | **[cats created:2017-01-01T01:00:00+07:00..2017-03-01T15:30:15+07:00](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=cats+created%3A2017-01-01T01%3A00%3A00%2B07%3A00..2017-03-01T15%3A30%3A15%2B07%3A00&type=Issues)** matches issues created between January 1, 2017 at 1 a.m. with a UTC offset of `07:00` and March 1, 2017 at 3 p.m. with a UTC offset of `07:00`.
<code><em>YYYY</em>-<em>MM</em>-<em>DD</em>T<em>HH</em>:<em>MM</em>:<em>SS</em>Z</code> | **[cats created:2016-03-21T14:11:00Z..2016-04-07T20:45:00Z](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=cats+created%3A2016-03-21T14%3A11%3A00Z..2016-04-07T20%3A45%3A00Z&type=Issues)** matches issues created between March 21, 2016 at 2:11pm and April 7, 2016 at 8:45pm.

## Exclude certain results
## Exclude results that match a qualifier

You can exclude results containing a certain word, using the `NOT` syntax. The `NOT` operator can only be used for string keywords. It does not work for numerals or dates.
You can narrow down search results by excluding one or more subsets. To exclude all results that are matched by a qualifier, prefix the search qualifier with a hyphen (`-`).

Query | Example
------------- | -------------
`NOT` | **[hello NOT world](https://github.com/search?q=hello+NOT+world&type=Repositories)** matches repositories that have the word "hello" but not the word "world."
<code>-<em>QUALIFIER</em></code> | **[`cats stars:>10 -language:javascript`](https://github.com/search?q=cats+stars%3A>10+-language%3Ajavascript&type=Repositories)** matches repositories with the word "cats" that have more than 10 stars but are not written in JavaScript.
<code>-<em>QUALIFIER</em></code> | **[`mentions:defunkt -org:github`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=mentions%3Adefunkt+-org%3Agithub&type=Issues)** matches issues mentioning @defunkt that are not in repositories in the GitHub organization.

Another way you can narrow down search results is to exclude certain subsets. You can prefix any search qualifier with a `-` to exclude all results that are matched by that qualifier.
## Exclude results with specific keywords

You can exclude results containing a certain word, using the `NOT` syntax. The `NOT` operator can only be used for string keywords. It does not work for numerals or dates.

Query | Example
------------- | -------------
<code>-<em>QUALIFIER</em></code> | **[`cats stars:>10 -language:javascript`](https://github.com/search?q=cats+stars%3A>10+-language%3Ajavascript&type=Repositories)** matches repositories with the word "cats" that have more than 10 stars but are not written in JavaScript.
<code>-<em>QUALIFIER</em></code> | **[`mentions:defunkt -org:github`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=mentions%3Adefunkt+-org%3Agithub&type=Issues)** matches issues mentioning @defunkt that are not in repositories in the GitHub organization
`NOT` | **[hello NOT world](https://github.com/search?q=hello+NOT+world&type=Repositories)** matches repositories that have the word "hello" but not the word "world."

## Use quotation marks for queries with whitespace

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