| Entry | Meaning |
| earliest | The string "earliest" will return the earliest available grid |
| latest | The string "latest" will return the most recent grid |
| YYYY | You can specify a year which will return a table of all grids for that year |
| YYYYMM | You can specify a year/month which will return a table of all grids for that month |
| A-B | You can separate any of the above with a "-" to specify a range of dates (e.g. 1978-latest or earliest-196509) |
| all | Returns the same result as "earliest-latest" |