Pull Request for Issue #46577

Summary of Changes
Added a new feature that allows date filtering in the popular articles module ( ie shows the most popular articles created/modified/published within a user defined timeframe )

Date filtering can be set to:

1. Off ( works the same it used to before, ie no date filtering )
2. Date range: user can select, start date and end date between
3. Relative date: user can select how many days relative to the present day
   And the popular articles within this time frame will be displayed

Testing Instructions
Go to administrator modules -> popular articles and youll see a date filtering option. It has a dropdown containing 3 options namely off, date range and relative date. Try these out.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
No date filtering feature in popular articles module

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Feature to enable date filtering in popular articles module

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