When querying SolR with a date SolR will actually highlight stuff from the text

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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T19:47:27+00:00 2026-05-23T19:47:27+00:00

When querying SolR with a date SolR will actually highlight stuff from the text field where it matches elements from the date, typically year.

So a query like:

q=text:(John)++AND+date:[2010-01-01T00:00:00Z+TO+2019-12-31T23:59:59Z]&hl=true

Will return snippets like:

blabla bla bla <em>2011</em> bla bla blabla

As well as snippets where ‘John’ is properly highlighted. In all cases, ‘John’ does appear in the text, it is simple not in the snippet part.

I’ve tried adding hl.fl=text but that changes nothing.

How can I prevent dates in the text snippets from ever being highlighted.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-23T19:47:27+00:00

Editorial Team

Workaround:

Use fq for the date term.

q=text:(John)&fq=date:[2010-01-01T00:00:00Z+TO+2019-12-31T23:59:59Z]&hl=true

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