yup thanx. i figured that out. im using somehting like this -

touch -d "$1" ./tmp1
touch -d "$2" ./tmp2
find -name '*.cdr' -newer ./tmp1 ! -newer ./tmp3

1. I'm required to have the start/end dates in the format ddmmyyyy but touch seems to take only dd MMM or dd MMM yyyy. Can change/set the date format??

2. '-newer' retreives the file created *after* creation date on tmp1. I want to search for the files created *on or after* creation of tmp1. how would I do that?

Thanx ppl.