diff --git a/js/ffs.ts b/js/ffs.ts
index 241e9af0f..3ee032071 100644
--- a/js/ffs.ts
+++ b/js/ffs.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ export function ffs_construct_query(
             )
               return `(newer:"{{date:${val}}}")`;
             return `(newer:"${val}")`;
+          case "older":
+            if (
+              condition.val.match(
+                /^-?\d+ ?(seconds?|minutes?|hours?|days?|weeks?|months?|years?)?$/
+              )
+            )
+              return `(if: timestamp() <= date("{{date:${val}}}"))`;
+            return `(if: timestamp() <= date("${val}"))`;
           case "user":
             return `(user:"${val}")`;
           case "uid":
@@ -252,6 +260,8 @@ export function ffs_construct_query(
             return quote_comment_str(`id:${quotes(condition.val)}`);
           case "newer":
             return quote_comment_str(`newer:${quotes(condition.val)}`);
+          case "older":
+            return quote_comment_str(`older:${quotes(condition.val)}`);
           case "user":
             return quote_comment_str(`user:${quotes(condition.val)}`);
           case "uid":
diff --git a/js/ffs/ffs.pegjs b/js/ffs/ffs.pegjs
index c0c2e7cd9..a05a73cd9 100644
--- a/js/ffs/ffs.pegjs
+++ b/js/ffs/ffs.pegjs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ osm_type
   = "node" / "way" / "relation"
 
 meta // TODO?
-  = x:("user" / "uid" / "newer" / "id") _ ":" _ y:string
+  = x:("user" / "uid" / "newer" / "older" / "id") _ ":" _ y:string
     { return { query:"meta", meta:x, val:y } }
 
 free_form
diff --git a/tests/test.ffs.ts b/tests/test.ffs.ts
index 528dec3a2..707bfbae7 100644
--- a/tests/test.ffs.ts
+++ b/tests/test.ffs.ts
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ describe("ide.ffs", () => {
         `node(newer:"date:1day")(bbox);${out_str}`
       );
     });
+    // older
+    it("older", async () => {
+      // regular
+      let search = 'older:"2000-01-01T01:01:01Z" and type:node';
+      await expect(construct_query(search)).resolves.to.equal(
+        `node(if: timestamp() <= date("2000-01-01T01:01:01Z"))(bbox);${out_str}`
+      );
+      // relative
+      search = "older:1day and type:node";
+      await expect(construct_query(search)).resolves.to.equal(
+        `node(if: timestamp() <= date("date:1day"))(bbox);${out_str}`
+      );
+    });
     // user
     it("user", async () => {
       // user name