`todate` and `fromdate` always refer to creation date. `min` and `max` are with respect to the current `sort`. So, where `sort=votes` they place upper and lower bounds on the `score` of returned answers/questions. They **can** overlap, but do not always do so. --- Documentation has been updated to reflect that `min` and `max` can be of any number of types. [`/search`][1] for example. [1]: http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.9/search?help