diff --git a/api/src/utils/adjust-date.ts b/api/src/utils/adjust-date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e83301628a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/utils/adjust-date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import {
+	addYears,
+	subWeeks,
+	subYears,
+	addWeeks,
+	subMonths,
+	addMonths,
+	subDays,
+	addDays,
+	subHours,
+	addHours,
+	subMinutes,
+	addMinutes,
+	subSeconds,
+	addSeconds,
+	addMilliseconds,
+	subMilliseconds,
+} from 'date-fns';
+import { clone } from 'lodash';
+
+/**
+ * Adjust a given date by a given change in duration. The adjustment value uses the exact same syntax
+ * and logic as Vercel's `ms`.
+ *
+ * The conversion is lifted straight from `ms`.
+ */
+export function adjustDate(date: Date, adjustment: string) {
+	date = clone(date);
+
+	const subtract = adjustment.startsWith('-');
+
+	if (subtract || adjustment.startsWith('+')) {
+		adjustment = adjustment.substring(1);
+	}
+
+	const match =
+		/^(-?(?:\d+)?\.?\d+) *(milliseconds?|msecs?|ms|seconds?|secs?|s|minutes?|mins?|m|hours?|hrs?|h|days?|d|weeks?|w|months?|mth|mo|years?|yrs?|y)?$/i.exec(
+			adjustment
+		);
+
+	if (!match) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const amount = parseFloat(match[1]);
+	const type = (match[2] || 'days').toLowerCase();
+
+	switch (type) {
+		case 'years':
+		case 'year':
+		case 'yrs':
+		case 'yr':
+		case 'y':
+			return subtract ? subYears(date, amount) : addYears(date, amount);
+		case 'months':
+		case 'month':
+		case 'mth':
+		case 'mo':
+			return subtract ? subMonths(date, amount) : addMonths(date, amount);
+		case 'weeks':
+		case 'week':
+		case 'w':
+			return subtract ? subWeeks(date, amount) : addWeeks(date, amount);
+		case 'days':
+		case 'day':
+		case 'd':
+			return subtract ? subDays(date, amount) : addDays(date, amount);
+		case 'hours':
+		case 'hour':
+		case 'hrs':
+		case 'hr':
+		case 'h':
+			return subtract ? subHours(date, amount) : addHours(date, amount);
+		case 'minutes':
+		case 'minute':
+		case 'mins':
+		case 'min':
+		case 'm':
+			return subtract ? subMinutes(date, amount) : addMinutes(date, amount);
+		case 'seconds':
+		case 'second':
+		case 'secs':
+		case 'sec':
+		case 's':
+			return subtract ? subSeconds(date, amount) : addSeconds(date, amount);
+		case 'milliseconds':
+		case 'millisecond':
+		case 'msecs':
+		case 'msec':
+		case 'ms':
+			return subtract ? subMilliseconds(date, amount) : addMilliseconds(date, amount);
+		default:
+			return undefined;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/src/utils/parse-filter.ts b/api/src/utils/parse-filter.ts
index cf7f311ef9..9ebae88b97 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/parse-filter.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/parse-filter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Accountability, Filter } from '../types';
 import { toArray } from '../utils/to-array';
+import { adjustDate } from './adjust-date';
 import { deepMap } from './deep-map';
 
 export function parseFilter(filter: Filter, accountability: Accountability | null): any {
@@ -13,7 +14,14 @@ export function parseFilter(filter: Filter, accountability: Accountability | nul
 			else return toArray(val);
 		}
 
-		if (val === '$NOW') return new Date();
+		if (val.startsWith('$NOW')) {
+			if (val.includes('(') && val.includes(')')) {
+				const adjustment = val.match(/\(([^)]+)\)/)?.[1];
+				return adjustDate(new Date(), adjustment);
+			}
+
+			return new Date();
+		}
 		if (val === '$CURRENT_USER') return accountability?.user || null;
 		if (val === '$CURRENT_ROLE') return accountability?.role || null;
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/filter-rules.md b/docs/reference/filter-rules.md
index beefce5dc4..3c97868289 100644
--- a/docs/reference/filter-rules.md
+++ b/docs/reference/filter-rules.md
@@ -138,3 +138,5 @@ In addition to static values, you can also filter against _dynamic_ values using
 - `$CURRENT_USER` — The primary key of the currently authenticated user
 - `$CURRENT_ROLE` — The primary key of the role for the currently authenticated user
 - `$NOW` — The current timestamp
+- `$NOW(<adjustment>)` - The current timestamp plus/minus a given distance, for example `$NOW(-1 year)`,
+  `$NOW(+2 hours)`