diff --git a/frontend/src/charts/BarChart.svelte b/frontend/src/charts/BarChart.svelte
index aede7b6c0..ad16034c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/charts/BarChart.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/charts/BarChart.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   import { ctx, currentTimeFilterDateFormat, short } from "../stores/format.ts";
   import Axis from "./Axis.svelte";
   import type { BarChart } from "./bar.ts";
+  import { dateRangeBrush } from "./brush.ts";
   import {
     currenciesScale,
     filterTicks,
@@ -84,10 +85,29 @@
   let yAxis = $derived(
     axisLeft(y).tickPadding(6).tickSize(-innerWidth).tickFormat($short),
   );
+
+  /** Invert a pixel x position to the date of the nearest bar group. */
+  function invertX(px: number): Date {
+    const half = x0.bandwidth() / 2;
+    let bestDate = new Date();
+    let bestDist = Infinity;
+    for (const { label, date } of bar_groups) {
+      let position = x0(label) ?? 0;
+      const dist = Math.abs(px - position - half);
+      if (dist < bestDist) {
+        bestDist = dist;
+        bestDate = date;
+      }
+    }
+    return bestDate;
+  }
 </script>
 
 <svg viewBox={`0 0 ${width.toString()} ${height.toString()}`}>
-  <g transform={`translate(${offset.toString()},${margin.top.toString()})`}>
+  <g
+    {@attach dateRangeBrush(invertX, innerWidth, innerHeight)}
+    transform={`translate(${offset.toString()},${margin.top.toString()})`}
+  >
     <Axis x axis={xAxis} {innerHeight} />
     <Axis y axis={yAxis} lineAtZero={y(0)} />
     {#each bar_groups as group (group.date)}
diff --git a/frontend/src/charts/LineChart.svelte b/frontend/src/charts/LineChart.svelte
index 56063d6a6..10978e2ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/charts/LineChart.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/charts/LineChart.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   import { chartToggledCurrencies, lineChartMode } from "../stores/chart.ts";
   import { ctx, short } from "../stores/format.ts";
   import Axis from "./Axis.svelte";
+  import { dateRangeBrush } from "./brush.ts";
   import { currenciesScale, includeZero, padExtent } from "./helpers.ts";
   import type { LineChart, LineChartDatum } from "./line.ts";
   import type { TooltipFindNode } from "./tooltip.ts";
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
   </filter>
   <g
     {@attach positionedTooltip(tooltipFindNode)}
+    {@attach dateRangeBrush((px) => x.invert(px), innerWidth, innerHeight)}
     transform={`translate(${margin.left.toString()},${margin.top.toString()})`}
   >
     <Axis x axis={xAxis} {innerHeight} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/charts/ScatterPlot.svelte b/frontend/src/charts/ScatterPlot.svelte
index 8520d1105..002c4f3b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/charts/ScatterPlot.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/charts/ScatterPlot.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
   import { day } from "../format.ts";
   import Axis from "./Axis.svelte";
+  import { dateRangeBrush } from "./brush.ts";
   import { scatterplotScale } from "./helpers.ts";
   import type { ScatterPlot, ScatterPlotDatum } from "./scatterplot.ts";
   import type { TooltipFindNode } from "./tooltip.ts";
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 <svg viewBox={`0 0 ${width.toString()} ${height.toString()}`}>
   <g
     {@attach positionedTooltip(tooltipFindNode)}
+    {@attach dateRangeBrush((px) => x.invert(px), innerWidth, innerHeight)}
     transform={`translate(${margin.left.toString()},${margin.top.toString()})`}
   >
     <Axis x axis={xAxis} {innerHeight} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/charts/brush.ts b/frontend/src/charts/brush.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b33ca341d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/charts/brush.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import type { Attachment } from "svelte/attachments";
+import { get as store_get } from "svelte/store";
+
+import { router } from "../router.ts";
+import { currentTimeFilterDateFormat } from "../stores/format.ts";
+
+const DRAG_THRESHOLD = 2;
+
+/**
+ * Create a Svelte attachment that adds horizontal brush selection to a chart.
+ *
+ * @param invert - Function to convert a pixel x position to a Date.
+ * @param innerWidth - The width of the chart area.
+ * @param innerHeight - The height of the chart area.
+ */
+export function dateRangeBrush(
+  invert: (px: number) => Date,
+  innerWidth: number,
+  innerHeight: number,
+): Attachment<SVGGElement> {
+  return (node) => {
+    let startX = 0;
+    let activePointerId: number | null = null;
+    let rect: SVGRectElement | null = null;
+
+    // Prevent touch scrolling so the brush works on touch devices.
+    node.style.touchAction = "none";
+
+    function localX(event: PointerEvent): number {
+      const ctm = node.getScreenCTM();
+      if (!ctm) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      return Math.max(0, Math.min((event.clientX - ctm.e) / ctm.a, innerWidth));
+    }
+
+    function onPointerDown(event: PointerEvent) {
+      if (
+        activePointerId != null ||
+        event.button !== 0 ||
+        event.ctrlKey ||
+        event.metaKey ||
+        event.shiftKey
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      startX = localX(event);
+      activePointerId = event.pointerId;
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+
+    function onPointerMove(event: PointerEvent) {
+      if (event.pointerId !== activePointerId) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const currentX = localX(event);
+      if (!rect) {
+        if (Math.abs(currentX - startX) <= DRAG_THRESHOLD) {
+          return;
+        }
+        node.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+        rect = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "rect");
+        rect.setAttribute("y", "0");
+        rect.setAttribute("height", innerHeight.toString());
+        rect.style.fill = "var(--text-color)";
+        rect.style.opacity = "0.1";
+        node.appendChild(rect);
+        document.body.style.cursor = "ew-resize";
+      }
+      rect.setAttribute("x", Math.min(startX, currentX).toString());
+      rect.setAttribute("width", Math.abs(currentX - startX).toString());
+    }
+
+    function onPointerUp(event: PointerEvent) {
+      if (event.pointerId !== activePointerId) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (rect) {
+        const endX = localX(event);
+        const date1 = invert(Math.min(startX, endX));
+        const date2 = invert(Math.max(startX, endX));
+        const fmt = store_get(currentTimeFilterDateFormat);
+        const start = fmt(date1);
+        const end = fmt(date2);
+        router.set_search_param(
+          "time",
+          start === end ? start : `${start} - ${end}`,
+        );
+        document.body.style.cursor = "";
+        rect.remove();
+        rect = null;
+      }
+      activePointerId = null;
+    }
+
+    node.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+    node.addEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+    node.addEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
+
+    return () => {
+      node.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+      node.removeEventListener("pointermove", onPointerMove);
+      node.removeEventListener("pointerup", onPointerUp);
+      document.body.style.cursor = "";
+      rect?.remove();
+    };
+  };
+}