diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 15d5c2d..a017699 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -2248,21 +2248,22 @@ namespace xmreg {
             // such search start with "aoi_", e.g., "aoi_444-23.00"
             bool search_for_amount_output_idx = (search_text.substr(0, 4) == "aoi_");
 
-
             // check if date given in format: 2005-04-55
             // this is 10 characters
-            if (search_text.length() == 10)
+            if (search_text.length() == 19)
             {
                 uint64_t estimated_blk_height {0};
 
                 // first parse the string date into boost's ptime object
-                dateparser parser {"%Y-%m-%d"};
+                dateparser parser {"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"};
 
                 if (parser(search_text))
                 {
                     // seems we have a correct date!
                     // so try to estimate block height from it.
 
+                    cout << "timestamp: " << xmreg::ptime_to_time_t(parser.pt) << endl;
+
                     // estimate blockchain height from the start date provided
                     estimated_blk_height = xmreg::estimate_bc_height(search_text);
 
diff --git a/src/tools.cpp b/src/tools.cpp
index f11f911..c2a6b73 100644
--- a/src/tools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools.cpp
@@ -629,6 +629,13 @@ namespace xmreg
         return make_pair(empty_time, scale);
     }
 
+    time_t
+    ptime_to_time_t(const pt::ptime& in_ptime)
+    {
+        static pt::ptime epoch(gt::date(1970, 1, 1));
+        pt::time_duration::sec_type no_seconds = (in_ptime - epoch).total_seconds();
+        return time_t(no_seconds);
+    }
 
     bool
     decode_ringct(const rct::rctSig& rv,
diff --git a/src/tools.h b/src/tools.h
index 1de0b8a..813a477 100644
--- a/src/tools.h
+++ b/src/tools.h
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ namespace xmreg
                       uint64_t time0 = 1397818193 /* timestamp of the second block */);
 
 
+    time_t
+    ptime_to_time_t(const pt::ptime& in_ptime);
+
     bool
     decode_ringct(const rct::rctSig & rv,
                   const crypto::public_key pub,