diff --git a/cognee/tests/unit/modules/retrieval/temporal_retriever_test.py b/cognee/tests/unit/modules/retrieval/temporal_retriever_test.py
index c3ba2c864..03433c379 100644
--- a/cognee/tests/unit/modules/retrieval/temporal_retriever_test.py
+++ b/cognee/tests/unit/modules/retrieval/temporal_retriever_test.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 import pytest
+import os
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch, MagicMock
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever import TemporalRetriever
+from cognee.tasks.temporal_graph.models import QueryInterval, Timestamp
+from cognee.infrastructure.llm import LLMGateway
 
 
 # Test TemporalRetriever initialization defaults and overrides
@@ -598,3 +602,78 @@ async def test_get_completion_with_response_model(mock_graph_engine, mock_vector
     assert isinstance(completion, list)
     assert len(completion) == 1
     assert isinstance(completion[0], TestModel)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_extract_time_from_query_relative_path():
+    """Test extract_time_from_query with relative prompt path."""
+    retriever = TemporalRetriever(time_extraction_prompt_path="extract_query_time.txt")
+
+    mock_timestamp_from = Timestamp(year=2024, month=1, day=1)
+    mock_timestamp_to = Timestamp(year=2024, month=12, day=31)
+    mock_interval = QueryInterval(starts_at=mock_timestamp_from, ends_at=mock_timestamp_to)
+
+    with (
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.os.path.isabs", return_value=False),
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.datetime") as mock_datetime,
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.render_prompt", return_value="System prompt"),
+        patch.object(
+            LLMGateway, "acreate_structured_output", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_interval
+        ),
+    ):
+        mock_datetime.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "11-12-2024"
+
+        time_from, time_to = await retriever.extract_time_from_query("What happened in 2024?")
+
+    assert time_from == mock_timestamp_from
+    assert time_to == mock_timestamp_to
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_extract_time_from_query_absolute_path():
+    """Test extract_time_from_query with absolute prompt path."""
+    retriever = TemporalRetriever(time_extraction_prompt_path="/absolute/path/to/extract_query_time.txt")
+
+    mock_timestamp_from = Timestamp(year=2024, month=1, day=1)
+    mock_timestamp_to = Timestamp(year=2024, month=12, day=31)
+    mock_interval = QueryInterval(starts_at=mock_timestamp_from, ends_at=mock_timestamp_to)
+
+    with (
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.os.path.isabs", return_value=True),
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.os.path.dirname", return_value="/absolute/path/to"),
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.os.path.basename", return_value="extract_query_time.txt"),
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.datetime") as mock_datetime,
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.render_prompt", return_value="System prompt"),
+        patch.object(
+            LLMGateway, "acreate_structured_output", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_interval
+        ),
+    ):
+        mock_datetime.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "11-12-2024"
+
+        time_from, time_to = await retriever.extract_time_from_query("What happened in 2024?")
+
+    assert time_from == mock_timestamp_from
+    assert time_to == mock_timestamp_to
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_extract_time_from_query_with_none_values():
+    """Test extract_time_from_query when interval has None values."""
+    retriever = TemporalRetriever(time_extraction_prompt_path="extract_query_time.txt")
+
+    mock_interval = QueryInterval(starts_at=None, ends_at=None)
+
+    with (
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.os.path.isabs", return_value=False),
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.datetime") as mock_datetime,
+        patch("cognee.modules.retrieval.temporal_retriever.render_prompt", return_value="System prompt"),
+        patch.object(
+            LLMGateway, "acreate_structured_output", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_interval
+        ),
+    ):
+        mock_datetime.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "11-12-2024"
+
+        time_from, time_to = await retriever.extract_time_from_query("What happened?")
+
+    assert time_from is None
+    assert time_to is None