diff --git a/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx b/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx
index 0b018b8a..6760d1bf 100644
--- a/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import { Plus, X, CalendarBlank, WarningCircle } from '@phosphor-icons/react'
-import { format } from 'date-fns'
+import { Plus, X, WarningCircle } from '@phosphor-icons/react'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
-import { Calendar } from '@/components/ui/calendar'
-import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from '@/components/ui/popover'
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from '@/components/ui/select'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import type { FilterCondition, FilterOp, FilterGroup, FilterNode } from '../types'
-import { parseDateFilterInput } from '../utils/filterDates'
 import { FilterFieldCombobox } from './FilterFieldCombobox'
+import { DateValueInput } from './filter-builder/DateValueInput'
 
 const OPERATORS: { value: FilterOp; label: string }[] = [
   { value: 'equals', label: 'equals' },
@@ -81,43 +78,6 @@ function OperatorSelect({ value, onChange }: {
   )
 }
 
-function DateValueInput({ value, onChange }: { value: string; onChange: (v: string) => void }) {
-  const selected = value ? parseDateFilterInput(value) ?? undefined : undefined
-  return (
-    <div className="flex flex-1 min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
-      <Input
-        className="h-8 flex-1 min-w-0 text-sm"
-        placeholder='YYYY-MM-DD or "10 days ago"'
-        value={value}
-        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
-        data-testid="date-value-input"
-      />
-      <Popover>
-        <PopoverTrigger asChild>
-          <Button
-            type="button"
-            variant="outline"
-            size="sm"
-            data-testid="date-picker-trigger"
-            className="h-8 w-8 shrink-0 px-0"
-            title={selected ? format(selected, 'MMM d, yyyy') : 'Pick a date'}
-            aria-label={selected ? `Open date picker (${format(selected, 'MMM d, yyyy')})` : 'Open date picker'}
-          >
-            <CalendarBlank size={14} className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
-          </Button>
-        </PopoverTrigger>
-        <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
-          <Calendar
-            mode="single"
-            selected={selected}
-            onSelect={(day) => onChange(day ? format(day, 'yyyy-MM-dd') : '')}
-          />
-        </PopoverContent>
-      </Popover>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
-
 function TextValueInput({ value, onChange, regexEnabled, regexSupported, invalidRegex, onToggleRegex }: {
   value: string
   onChange: (v: string) => void
diff --git a/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.test.tsx b/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac29b9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { DateValueInput } from './DateValueInput'
+
+describe('DateValueInput', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  function renderControlledDateValueInput(initialValue = '') {
+    function ControlledDateValueInput() {
+      const [value, setValue] = useState(initialValue)
+      return <DateValueInput value={value} onChange={setValue} />
+    }
+
+    return render(<ControlledDateValueInput />)
+  }
+
+  it('shows a debounced resolved-date preview while focused', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-04-08T12:00:00Z'))
+
+    renderControlledDateValueInput()
+
+    const input = screen.getByTestId('date-value-input')
+    fireEvent.focus(input)
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: '10 days ago' } })
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('date-value-preview')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(250)
+    })
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('date-value-preview')).toHaveTextContent('Resolves to March 29, 2026')
+  })
+
+  it('shows a neutral hint for unrecognized input and hides the preview on blur', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+
+    renderControlledDateValueInput()
+
+    const input = screen.getByTestId('date-value-input')
+    fireEvent.focus(input)
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'eventually maybe' } })
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(250)
+    })
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('date-value-preview-unrecognized')).toHaveTextContent('Not recognized')
+
+    fireEvent.blur(input)
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('date-value-preview')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('date-value-preview-unrecognized')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.tsx b/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8ea7f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/filter-builder/DateValueInput.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { CalendarBlank } from '@phosphor-icons/react'
+import { format } from 'date-fns'
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
+import { Calendar } from '@/components/ui/calendar'
+import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from '@/components/ui/popover'
+import { parseDateFilterInput } from '@/utils/filterDates'
+
+const DATE_PREVIEW_DEBOUNCE_MS = 250
+
+export function DateValueInput({ value, onChange }: { value: string; onChange: (v: string) => void }) {
+  const selected = value ? parseDateFilterInput(value) ?? undefined : undefined
+  const [showPreview, setShowPreview] = useState(false)
+  const [debouncedValue, setDebouncedValue] = useState(value)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timeoutId = window.setTimeout(() => setDebouncedValue(value), DATE_PREVIEW_DEBOUNCE_MS)
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timeoutId)
+  }, [value])
+
+  const previewValue = showPreview ? debouncedValue.trim() : ''
+  const resolvedPreview = previewValue ? parseDateFilterInput(previewValue) : null
+  const previewLabel = resolvedPreview
+    ? format(resolvedPreview, 'MMMM d, yyyy')
+    : previewValue
+      ? 'Not recognized'
+      : null
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-1 min-w-0 flex-col gap-1">
+      <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
+        <Input
+          className="h-8 flex-1 min-w-0 text-sm"
+          placeholder='YYYY-MM-DD or "10 days ago"'
+          value={value}
+          onChange={(e) => {
+            setShowPreview(true)
+            onChange(e.target.value)
+          }}
+          onFocus={() => setShowPreview(true)}
+          onBlur={() => setShowPreview(false)}
+          data-testid="date-value-input"
+        />
+        <Popover>
+          <PopoverTrigger asChild>
+            <Button
+              type="button"
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+              data-testid="date-picker-trigger"
+              className="h-8 w-8 shrink-0 px-0"
+              title={selected ? format(selected, 'MMM d, yyyy') : 'Pick a date'}
+              aria-label={selected ? `Open date picker (${format(selected, 'MMM d, yyyy')})` : 'Open date picker'}
+            >
+              <CalendarBlank size={14} className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+            </Button>
+          </PopoverTrigger>
+          <PopoverContent className="w-auto p-0" align="start">
+            <Calendar
+              mode="single"
+              selected={selected}
+              onSelect={(day) => onChange(day ? format(day, 'yyyy-MM-dd') : '')}
+            />
+          </PopoverContent>
+        </Popover>
+      </div>
+      {previewLabel && (
+        <div
+          className="pl-1 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground"
+          data-testid={resolvedPreview ? 'date-value-preview' : 'date-value-preview-unrecognized'}
+        >
+          {resolvedPreview ? `Resolves to ${previewLabel}` : previewLabel}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/filterDates.test.ts b/src/utils/filterDates.test.ts
index 000df304..d46732b9 100644
--- a/src/utils/filterDates.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/filterDates.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ describe('filterDates', () => {
     expect(parsed && format(parsed, 'yyyy-MM-dd')).toBe('2026-03-28')
   })
 
+  it('parses numeric relative year phrases', () => {
+    const reference = new Date('2026-04-08T12:00:00Z')
+    const parsed = parseDateFilterInput('10 years ago', reference)
+    expect(parsed && format(parsed, 'yyyy-MM-dd')).toBe('2016-04-08')
+  })
+
   it('parses word-based relative week phrases', () => {
     const reference = new Date('2026-04-07T12:00:00Z')
     const parsed = parseDateFilterInput('one week ago', reference)