When you are creating a list view based on dates, there is no need to hardcode a specific date.  If you use dynamic terms then you can reuse the list view without updating it each time.

Example – I want to create a list view that shows all opportunities created this week.  In my criteria I could add “Created Date greater than or equals 4/11/11” but that would mean that next week I would need to change the date to see the new list.  However if I use a dynamic term I’ll never have to update the list view again.  I could use the Criteria “Create Date equals THIS WEEK”.  Problem solved. 

The next time you need to create a date based criteria try one of these:

THIS WEEK                        LAST WEEK                           NEXT WEEK\L    THIS MONTH                      LAST MONTH                      NEXT MONTH

THIS YEAR                         LAST YEAR                           \ NEXT YEAR

THIS QUARTER                  LAST QUARTER                  NEXT QUARTER

TODAY                               YESTERDAY                         \ TOMORROW

LAST <number> DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS/YEARS or QUARTERS

NEXT <number> DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS/YEARS or QUARTERS

NOW

You can also add the term FISCAL in front of YEAR or QUARTER.  Without it the term refers to calendar year or quarter