http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14244146/searching-local-date-range-elastic-search/14244337#comment19764986_14244337

date_ranges.sh

curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/date-test
echo
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/date-test -d '{
    "settings": {
        "index.number_of_shards": 1,
        "index.number_of_replicas": 0
    },
    "mappings": {
        "doc": {
            "properties": {
                "date": {"type":"date", "format" : "YYYY-MM-dd"}
                                
            }
        }
    }
}

'
echo
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/date-test/doc/1 -d '{
    "date": "1999-04-23"
}'
echo
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/date-test/doc/2 -d '{
    "date": "2000-05-26"
}'
echo
curl -XPOST localhost:9200/date-test/_refresh
echo
echo "Find all records in 1999"
curl "localhost:9200/date-test/doc/_search?pretty=true" -d '{
    "query": {
        "range": {
            "date": {
                "include_lower" : true, 
                "include_upper": false,
                "from": "1999-01-01",
                "to": "2000-01-01"
            }
        }
    }
}'
echo
echo "Find all records in May of 2000"
curl "localhost:9200/date-test/doc/_search?pretty=true" -d '{
    "query": {
        "range": {
            "date": {
                "include_lower" : true, 
                "include_upper": false,
                "from": "2000-05-01",
                "to": "2000-06-01"
            }
        }
    }
}'
echo
echo "Find all records in 1999 using lucene query syntax"
curl 'localhost:9200/date-test/_search?pretty=true&q=date:%5B1999-01-01+TO+1999-12-31%5D'
echo
echo "Find all records in May of 2000"
curl "localhost:9200/date-test/_search?pretty=true&q=date:%5B2000-05-01+TO+2000-05-31%5D"
echo