Smart playlist doesn't include "Release Date" as a filter option

Why is "Release Date" not one of the options? I recently upgraded my hard drive and had to re-import all my podcasts, which meant they ALL dropped into the "Date Added is in the last 2 weeks" filter, which meant I couldn't synchronise my iPod! I had to go through and change the settings to be restrictive, but in such a way that I'll have to go back and change them all in another week or so.
If "Release Date" was in the filter options, this would simply not be an issue.

With a solid backup/restore strategy you should never need to reimport anything.
I don't know the details of your playlist, but another way to have dealt with this might simply have been to temporarily uncheck the newly-imported episodes you didn't want going to the iPod.
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