diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/AqpAdsabsQParser.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/AqpAdsabsQParser.java
index 540fed5ab..0a6ff9100 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/AqpAdsabsQParser.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/AqpAdsabsQParser.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package org.apache.solr.search;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.FieldPosition;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.ParsePosition;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -24,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.QueryNodeParseException;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.config.QueryConfigHandler;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.config.LegacyNumericConfig;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.config.NumberDateFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.config.StandardQueryConfigHandler;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.config.StandardQueryConfigHandler.Operator;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.solr.util.DateMathParser;
 
 /**
  * This is the MAIN solr entry point - this instantiates 'aqp' query 
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ public class AqpAdsabsQParser extends QParser {
   public static TimeZone UTC = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
 	public static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
 	.getLogger(AqpAdsabsQParser.class);
+	
 
 	private AqpQueryParser qParser;
 
@@ -251,6 +256,49 @@ public AqpAdsabsQParser(AqpQueryParser parser, String qstr, SolrParams localPara
 		
 	}
 	
+	public class NumberDateFormat extends NumberFormat {
+	  
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4334084585068547470L;
+    final private DateFormat dateFormat;
+	  
+	  /**
+	   * Constructs a {@link NumberDateFormat} object using the given {@link DateFormat}.
+	   * 
+	   * @param dateFormat {@link DateFormat} used to parse and format dates
+	   */
+	  public NumberDateFormat(DateFormat dateFormat) {
+	    this.dateFormat = dateFormat;
+	  }
+	  
+	  @Override
+	  public StringBuffer format(double number, StringBuffer toAppendTo,
+	      FieldPosition pos) {
+	    return dateFormat.format(new Date((long) number), toAppendTo, pos);
+	  }
+	  
+	  @Override
+	  public StringBuffer format(long number, StringBuffer toAppendTo,
+	      FieldPosition pos) {
+	    return dateFormat.format(new Date(number), toAppendTo, pos);
+	  }
+	  
+	  @Override
+	  public Number parse(String source, ParsePosition parsePosition) {
+	    final Date date = dateFormat.parse(source, parsePosition);
+	    return (date == null) ? null : date.getTime();
+	  }
+	  
+	  @Override
+	  public StringBuffer format(Object number, StringBuffer toAppendTo,
+	      FieldPosition pos) {
+	    return dateFormat.format(number, toAppendTo, pos);
+	  }
+	  
+	  public DateFormat getFormatter() {
+	    return dateFormat;
+	  }
+	  
+	}
 
   /**
 	 * Internal class that allows us to accept '*' (lucene's way of saying 'anything')
@@ -259,9 +307,11 @@ private class MaxNumberFormat extends NumberFormat {
 	  private static final long serialVersionUID = -407706279343648005L;
     private NumberFormat parser = null;
     private Number max = null;
+    private DateMathParser dParser = new DateMathParser(UTC);
     
     public MaxNumberFormat(Number max) {
       this(NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US), max);
+      
     }
 	  public MaxNumberFormat(NumberFormat parser, Number max) {
 	    this.parser = parser;
@@ -285,6 +335,15 @@ public Number parse(String source, ParsePosition parsePosition) {
         parsePosition.setIndex(1);
         return max;
       }
+      // it might be a symbolic date math
+      try {
+        Date date = dParser.parseMath(null, source);
+        DateFormat formatter = ((NumberDateFormat) parser).getFormatter();
+        source = formatter.format(date);
+      } catch (SolrException e) {
+        // pass
+      }
+      
       return parser.parse(source, parsePosition);
     }
 	  
diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/analysis/TestAdsabsTypeDateString.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/analysis/TestAdsabsTypeDateString.java
index b04191fb9..2abbbc8d6 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/analysis/TestAdsabsTypeDateString.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/analysis/TestAdsabsTypeDateString.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import monty.solr.util.MontySolrQueryTestCase;
 import monty.solr.util.MontySolrSetup;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.queries.mlt.MoreLikeThisQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.LegacyNumericRangeQuery;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -86,6 +87,22 @@ public void test() throws Exception {
     // test the query parser does the right thing
     //setDebug(true);
     
+    // added symbolic date math parsing
+    assertQueryEquals(req("defType", "aqp", "q", "date:[\"1976-12-30T00:30:00Z\" TO \"1977-12-30T00:30:00Z\"]"),
+        "date:[220753800000 TO 252289800000]",
+        LegacyNumericRangeQuery.class);
+    assertQueryEquals(req("defType", "aqp", "q", "date:[\"1976-12-30T00:30:00Z\" TO \"1976-12-30T00:30:00Z+1YEAR\"]"),
+        "date:[220753800000 TO 252289800000]",
+        LegacyNumericRangeQuery.class);
+    
+    // will become: 1972-05-21T17:33:18.772Z
+    assertQueryEquals(req("defType", "aqp", "q", "date:\"1972-05-20T17:33:18.772Z+1DAY\""),
+        "date:[75317598000 TO 75317598000]",
+        LegacyNumericRangeQuery.class);
+    assertQueryEquals(req("defType", "aqp", "q", "date:\"1972-05-21T17:33:18.772Z\""),
+        "date:[75317598000 TO 75317598000]",
+        LegacyNumericRangeQuery.class);
+    
     // 2012-01-01T00:00:00 - 2012-02-01T00:00:00 (excl)
     assertQueryEquals(req("q", "pubdate:2012-01", "defType", "aqp"), 
     		"date:[1325376000000 TO 1328054400000}", 
diff --git a/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestAqpAdsabsSolrSearch.java b/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestAqpAdsabsSolrSearch.java
index 8f47f2af8..3c490a8f2 100644
--- a/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestAqpAdsabsSolrSearch.java
+++ b/contrib/adsabs/src/test/org/apache/solr/search/TestAqpAdsabsSolrSearch.java
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ public void testSpecialCases() throws Exception {
                   "title", "title bitle"));
       assertU(commit("waitSearcher", "true"));
       
+      
       // similar()
       assertQueryEquals(req("defType", "aqp", "q", "similar(foo bar baz, input)"),
           "like:foo bar baz",