diff --git a/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe b/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
index 3d94f6868a..5cf8d4d5b0 100644
--- a/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bloomberg-business-week.recipe
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
-# https://www.bloomberg.com/magazine/businessweek/24_12
-# Set past_edition to edition id, which is '24_12'.
-past_edition = None
 
 def get_contents(x):
     if x == '':
@@ -60,6 +57,13 @@ class Bloomberg(BasicNewsRecipe):
     )
     remove_empty_feeds = True
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'date': {
+            'short': 'The ID of the edition to download (YY_XX format)',
+            'long': 'For example, 24_17\nHint: Edition ID can be found at the end of its URL'
+        }
+    }
+
     remove_tags = [
         dict(name=['button', 'svg', 'meta']),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['bb-that', 'bb-nav']}),
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ class Bloomberg(BasicNewsRecipe):
         inx = 'https://cdn-mobapi.bloomberg.com'
         sec = self.index_to_soup(inx + '/wssmobile/v1/bw/news/list?limit=1', raw=True)
         id = json.loads(sec)['magazines'][0]['id']
+        past_edition = self.recipe_specific_options.get('date')
         if past_edition:
             id = past_edition
         edit = self.index_to_soup(inx + '/wssmobile/v1/bw/news/week/' + id, raw=True)
diff --git a/recipes/bloomberg.recipe b/recipes/bloomberg.recipe
index 3a9557570b..f34278ab9c 100644
--- a/recipes/bloomberg.recipe
+++ b/recipes/bloomberg.recipe
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Bloomberg(BasicNewsRecipe):
         'Bloomberg delivers business and markets news, data, analysis, and video'
         ' to the world, featuring stories from Businessweek and Bloomberg News.'
     )
-    oldest_article = 1 # days
+    oldest_article = 1.2 # days
     resolve_internal_links = True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     cover_url = 'https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivUxvlPidC3M/v0/600x-1.jpg'
@@ -78,7 +78,17 @@ class Bloomberg(BasicNewsRecipe):
         .news-figure-credit {font-size:small; text-align:center; color:#202020;}
     '''
 
+    recipe_specific_options = {
+        'days': {
+            'short': 'Oldest article to download from this news source. In days ',
+            'long': 'For example, 0.5, gives you articles for the past 12 hours'
+        }
+    }
+
     def parse_index(self):
+        d = self.recipe_specific_options.get('days')
+        if d:
+            self.oldest_article = d
         inx = 'https://cdn-mobapi.bloomberg.com'
         sec = self.index_to_soup(inx + '/wssmobile/v1/navigation/bloomberg_app/search-v2', raw=True)
         sec_data = json.loads(sec)['searchNav']