diff --git a/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/cli/cli.py b/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/cli/cli.py
index 6cac8efa..ad4bbb12 100644
--- a/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/cli/cli.py
+++ b/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/cli/cli.py
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ def getArgumentParser():
         action="store_true",
         help="Don't verify image size and hash while downloading. (useful for wikis with server-side image resizing)"
     )
+    groupDownload.add_argument(
+        "--image-timestamp-interval",
+        metavar="2019-01-02T01:36:06Z/2023-08-12T10:36:06Z",
+        help="[BETA] Only download images uploaded in the given time interval. [format: ISO 8601 UTC interval] "
+            "(only works with api)",
+    )
     groupDownload.add_argument(
         "--namespaces",
         metavar="1,2,3",
@@ -429,6 +435,7 @@ def sleep(self, response=None):
         "stdout_log_path": args.stdout_log_path,
         "bypass_cdn_image_compression": args.bypass_cdn_image_compression,
         "disable_image_verify": args.disable_image_verify,
+        "image_timestamp_interval": args.image_timestamp_interval,
     }
 
     # calculating path, if not defined by user with --path=
diff --git a/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/dump/image/image.py b/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/dump/image/image.py
index 4398638a..150d1be0 100644
--- a/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/dump/image/image.py
+++ b/wikiteam3/dumpgenerator/dump/image/image.py
@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ def generate_image_dump(config: Config=None, other: Dict=None, images: List[List
         """Save files and descriptions using a file list\n
         Deprecated: `start` is not used anymore."""
 
-        # fix use subdirectories md5
         bypass_cdn_image_compression: bool = other["bypass_cdn_image_compression"]
         disable_image_verify: bool = other["disable_image_verify"]
+        image_timestamp_interval: str = other["image_timestamp_interval"]
+        image_timestamp_intervals = None
+        if image_timestamp_interval: # 2019-01-02T01:36:06Z/2023-08-12T10:36:06Z
+            image_timestamp_intervals = image_timestamp_interval.split("/")
+            assert len(image_timestamp_intervals) == 2
+            import datetime
+            image_timestamp_intervals = [datetime.datetime.strptime(x, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") for x in image_timestamp_intervals]
 
         print("Retrieving images...")
         images_dir = Path(config.path) / "images"
@@ -74,6 +80,20 @@ def check_response(r: requests.Response) -> None:
         for filename_raw, original_url, uploader, size, sha1, timestamp in images:
             downloaded = False
 
+            if image_timestamp_intervals:
+                if timestamp == NULL:
+                    print(f"    {filename_raw}|timestamp is unknown: {NULL}, downloading anyway...")
+                else:
+                    if not (
+                        image_timestamp_intervals[0]
+                        <= datetime.datetime.strptime(timestamp, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+                        <= image_timestamp_intervals[1]
+                    ):
+                        print(f"    timestamp {timestamp} is not in interval {image_timestamp_interval}: {filename_raw}")
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        print(f"    timestamp {timestamp} is in interval {image_timestamp_interval}: {filename_raw}")
+
             # saving file
             filename_unquoted = urllib.parse.unquote(filename_raw)
             if len(filename_unquoted.encode('utf-8')) > other["filenamelimit"]: