diff --git a/gnews/gnews.py b/gnews/gnews.py
index 62d5dc1..a54a6c0 100644
--- a/gnews/gnews.py
+++ b/gnews/gnews.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup
 
 from gnews.utils.constants import AVAILABLE_COUNTRIES, AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES, TOPICS, BASE_URL, USER_AGENT
-from gnews.utils.utils import process_url
+from gnews.utils.utils import period_to_datetime, process_url, str_to_datetime
 
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO,
                     datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _clean(html):
 
     def _process(self, item):
         url = process_url(item, self._exclude_websites)
-        if url:
+        if url and (inspect.stack()[2][3] == 'get_news' or inspect.stack()[2][3] == 'get_news_by_site' or self._is_date_in_range(item.get("published", ""))):
             title = item.get("title", "")
             item = {
                 'title': title,
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@ def _process(self, item):
                 'publisher': item.get("source", " ")
             }
             return item
+        
+    def _is_date_in_range(self, date_str):
+        published_date = str_to_datetime(date_str)
+        
+        if self._start_date and self._end_date:
+            return self._start_date.date() <= published_date.date() <= self._end_date.date()
+        elif self._period:
+            start_period = period_to_datetime(self._period)
+                
+            return start_period <= published_date
+
+        return True
 
     def docstring_parameter(*sub):
         def dec(obj):
@@ -242,7 +254,7 @@ def get_top_news(self):
         """
         This function returns top news stories for the current time
         :return: A list of dictionaries with structure: {0}.
-        ..To implement date range try get_news('?')
+        ..To implement a specific date range retriving news try get_news('?')
         """
         query = "?"
         return self._get_news(query)
@@ -253,7 +265,7 @@ def get_news_by_topic(self, topic: str):
         Function to get news from one of Google's key topics
         :param topic: TOPIC names i.e {1}
         :return: A list of dictionaries with structure: {0}.
-        ..To implement date range try get_news('topic')
+        ..To implement a specific date range retriving news try get_news('topic')
         """
         topic = topic.upper()
         if topic in TOPICS:
@@ -269,7 +281,7 @@ def get_news_by_location(self, location: str):
         This function is used to get news from a specific location (city, state, and country)
         :param location: (type: str) The location for which you want to get headlines
         :return: A list of dictionaries with structure: {0}.
-        ..To implement date range try get_news('location')
+        ..To implement a specific date range retriving news try get_news('location')
         """
         if location:
             query = '/headlines/section/geo/' + location + '?'
diff --git a/gnews/utils/utils.py b/gnews/utils/utils.py
index 1918dd4..ab8706a 100644
--- a/gnews/utils/utils.py
+++ b/gnews/utils/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
@@ -24,3 +25,20 @@ def process_url(item, exclude_websites):
     if re.match(GOOGLE_NEWS_REGEX, url):
         url = requests.head(url).headers.get('location', url)
     return url
+
+def str_to_datetime(date_str:str):
+    return datetime.strptime(date_str, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
+
+def period_to_datetime(period: str):
+    now = datetime.now()
+    ammount = int(period[:-1])
+    delta = period[-1]
+    
+    if delta == 'd':
+        init_date = now - timedelta(days=ammount)
+    elif delta == 'h':
+        init_date = now - timedelta(hours=ammount)
+    elif delta == 'm':
+        init_date = now - timedelta(days=ammount*30)
+    
+    return init_date