diff --git a/gitstats b/gitstats
index c71b0e4..9d7acd0 100755
--- a/gitstats
+++ b/gitstats
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ conf = {
 	'linear_linestats': 1,
 	'project_name': '',
 	'processes': 8,
-	'start_date': ''
+	'start_date': '',
+	'end_date': '',
 }
 
 def getpipeoutput(cmds, quiet = False):
@@ -74,8 +75,13 @@ def getpipeoutput(cmds, quiet = False):
 
 def getlogrange(defaultrange = 'HEAD', end_only = True):
 	commit_range = getcommitrange(defaultrange, end_only)
+	datesel = ''
 	if len(conf['start_date']) > 0:
-		return '--since="%s" "%s"' % (conf['start_date'], commit_range)
+		datesel = '--since="%s" %s' % (conf['start_date'], datesel)
+	if len(conf['end_date']) > 0:
+		datesel = '--until="%s" %s' % (conf['end_date'], datesel)
+        if (len(datesel) > 0):
+		commit_range = '%s "%s"' % (datesel, commit_range)
 	return commit_range
 
 def getcommitrange(defaultrange = 'HEAD', end_only = False):