diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/filter/CommitTimeRevFilter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/filter/CommitTimeRevFilter.java
index 0e6c478cc..858bec4c0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/filter/CommitTimeRevFilter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/filter/CommitTimeRevFilter.java
@@ -63,7 +63,18 @@ public abstract class CommitTimeRevFilter extends RevFilter {
 	 * @return a new filter to select commits on or before <code>ts</code>.
 	 */
 	public static final RevFilter before(final Date ts) {
-		return new Before(ts.getTime());
+		return before(ts.getTime());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new filter to select commits before a given date/time.
+	 *
+	 * @param ts
+	 *            the point in time to cut on, in milliseconds
+	 * @return a new filter to select commits on or before <code>ts</code>.
+	 */
+	public static final RevFilter before(final long ts) {
+		return new Before(ts);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -74,7 +85,18 @@ public static final RevFilter before(final Date ts) {
 	 * @return a new filter to select commits on or after <code>ts</code>.
 	 */
 	public static final RevFilter after(final Date ts) {
-		return new After(ts.getTime());
+		return after(ts.getTime());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new filter to select commits after a given date/time.
+	 *
+	 * @param ts
+	 *            the point in time to cut on, in milliseconds.
+	 * @return a new filter to select commits on or after <code>ts</code>.
+	 */
+	public static final RevFilter after(final long ts) {
+		return new After(ts);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -86,7 +108,19 @@ public static final RevFilter after(final Date ts) {
 	 * @return a new filter to select commits between the given date/times.
 	 */
 	public static final RevFilter between(final Date since, final Date until) {
-		return new Between(since.getTime(), until.getTime());
+		return between(since.getTime(), until.getTime());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new filter to select commits after or equal a given date/time <code>since</code>
+	 * and before or equal a given date/time <code>until</code>.
+	 *
+	 * @param since the point in time to cut on, in milliseconds.
+	 * @param until the point in time to cut off, in millisconds.
+	 * @return a new filter to select commits between the given date/times.
+	 */
+	public static final RevFilter between(final long since, final long until) {
+		return new Between(since, until);
 	}
 
 	final int when;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
index 63fa503b1..52d7c3753 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTag;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.filter.CommitTimeRevFilter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack.PackConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack.PackWriter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.BasePackFetchConnection.MultiAck;
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ public class UploadPack {
 	/** Objects on both sides, these don't have to be sent. */
 	private final List<RevObject> commonBase = new ArrayList<RevObject>();
 
+	/** Commit time of the oldest common commit, in seconds. */
+	private int oldestTime;
+
 	/** null if {@link #commonBase} should be examined again. */
 	private Boolean okToGiveUp;
 
@@ -517,6 +521,13 @@ private ObjectId processHaveLines(List<ObjectId> peerHas, ObjectId last)
 				}
 
 				last = obj;
+
+				if (obj instanceof RevCommit) {
+					RevCommit c = (RevCommit) obj;
+					if (oldestTime == 0 || c.getCommitTime() < oldestTime)
+						oldestTime = c.getCommitTime();
+				}
+
 				if (obj.has(PEER_HAS))
 					continue;
 
@@ -606,6 +617,8 @@ private boolean wantSatisfied(final RevObject want) throws IOException {
 
 		walk.resetRetain(SAVE);
 		walk.markStart((RevCommit) want);
+		if (oldestTime != 0)
+			walk.setRevFilter(CommitTimeRevFilter.after(oldestTime * 1000L));
 		for (;;) {
 			final RevCommit c = walk.next();
 			if (c == null)