diff --git a/src/bindings/python/flux/constraint/parser.py b/src/bindings/python/flux/constraint/parser.py
index ca299dd524c7..d97ae0e1dc00 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/flux/constraint/parser.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/flux/constraint/parser.py
@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ class default operator may optionally be substituted, e.g. "operand"
             to split values of that operator. For instance ``{"op": ","}``
             would autosplit operator ``op`` values on comma.
 
+        convert_values (dict): A mapping of operator name to callable which
+            should take a single list argument containing the values from
+            the obtained from the current term for the operator after the
+            operator_map and split_values operations have been applied. The
+            callable should return a new list of values. This can be used
+            to convert values to a new type or to combine multiple values
+            into a single element, e.g.  ::
+
+                convert_values = {"ints": lambda args: [int(x) for x in args]}
+
         combined_terms (set): A set of operator terms whose values can be
             combined when joined with the AND logical operator. E.g. if
             "test" is in ``combined_terms``, then
@@ -284,6 +294,10 @@ class MyConstraintParser(ConstraintParser):
     # Combined terms
     combined_terms = set()
 
+    # Mapping of operator name to value conversion function.
+    # E.g. { "integer": lambda args: [ int(x) for x in args ] }
+    convert_values = {}
+
     def __init__(
         self, lexer=None, optimize=True, debug=False, write_tables=False, **kw_args
     ):
@@ -408,10 +422,12 @@ def p_expression_token(self, p):
                 f"invalid character '{invalid}' in operator '{op}:'"
             )
 
+        values = [value]
         if op in self.split_values:
-            p[0] = {op: value.split(self.split_values[op])}
-        else:
-            p[0] = {op: [value]}
+            values = value.split(self.split_values[op])
+        if op in self.convert_values:
+            values = self.convert_values[op](values)
+        p[0] = {op: values}
 
     def p_quoted_token(self, p):
         """
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/flux/job/info.py b/src/bindings/python/flux/job/info.py
index 376f965e345a..9ecb61637ab1 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/flux/job/info.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/flux/job/info.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from itertools import chain
 
 import flux.constants
-from flux.core.inner import raw
+from flux.core.inner import ffi, raw
 from flux.job.JobID import JobID
 from flux.job.stats import JobStats
 from flux.memoized_property import memoized_property
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ def statetostr(stateid, fmt="L"):
     return raw.flux_job_statetostr(stateid, fmt).decode("utf-8")
 
 
+def strtostate(state):
+    result = ffi.new("flux_job_state_t [1]")
+    raw.flux_job_strtostate(state, result)
+    return int(result[0])
+
+
 def statetoemoji(stateid):
     statestr = raw.flux_job_statetostr(stateid, "S").decode("utf-8")
     if statestr == "N":
@@ -81,6 +87,12 @@ def resulttostr(resultid, fmt="L"):
     return raw.flux_job_resulttostr(resultid, fmt).decode("utf-8")
 
 
+def strtoresult(arg):
+    result = ffi.new("flux_job_result_t [1]")
+    raw.flux_job_strtoresult(arg, result)
+    return int(result[0])
+
+
 def resulttoemoji(resultid):
     if resultid != "":
         resultstr = raw.flux_job_resulttostr(resultid, "S").decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/flux/job/list.py b/src/bindings/python/flux/job/list.py
index 73f342f40bbf..6c4f8518e3e8 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/flux/job/list.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/flux/job/list.py
@@ -10,13 +10,18 @@
 import errno
 import os
 import pwd
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterable
+from datetime import datetime
+from functools import reduce
 
 import flux.constants
+from flux.constraint.parser import ConstraintLexer, ConstraintParser
 from flux.future import WaitAllFuture
 from flux.job import JobID
-from flux.job.info import JobInfo
+from flux.job.info import JobInfo, strtoresult, strtostate
 from flux.rpc import RPC
+from flux.util import parse_datetime
 
 
 class JobListRPC(RPC):
@@ -341,3 +346,176 @@ def jobs(self):
         if hasattr(rpc, "errors"):
             self.errors = rpc.errors
         return [JobInfo(job) for job in jobs]
+
+
+def job_list_filter_to_mask(args, conv):
+    """
+    Convert all job state or result strings with conv() and combine into
+    a single state or result mask as accepted by the job-list constraints.
+
+    This is a convenience function for the JobListConstraintParser class.
+
+    Args:
+        args (list): list of values to convert
+        conv (callable): function to call on each arg to convert to a state
+            or result mask.
+    """
+    return reduce(lambda x, y: x | y, map(conv, args))
+
+
+class JobListConstraintParser(ConstraintParser):
+    operator_map = {
+        None: "filter",
+        "id": "jobid",
+        "host": "hostlist",
+        "hosts": "hostlist",
+        "rank": "ranks",
+    }
+    split_values = {"states": ",", "results": ",", "userid": ","}
+    convert_values = {
+        "userid": lambda args: [int(x) for x in args],
+        "states": lambda args: [job_list_filter_to_mask(args, strtostate)],
+        "results": lambda args: [job_list_filter_to_mask(args, strtoresult)],
+    }
+    valid_states = (
+        "depend",
+        "priority",
+        "sched",
+        "run",
+        "cleanup",
+        "inactive",
+        "pending",
+        "running",
+        "active",
+    )
+    valid_results = ("completed", "failed", "canceled", "timeout")
+
+    def convert_filter(self, arg):
+        #
+        # This is a generic state/result filter for backwards compat with
+        # --filter=. Split into separate states and results operators and
+        # return the new term(s) (joined by 'or' since that preserves the
+        # behavior of `--filter`).
+        #
+        states = []
+        results = []
+        for name in arg.split(","):
+            name = name.lower()
+            if name in self.valid_states:
+                states.append(name)
+            elif name in self.valid_results:
+                results.append(name)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid filter specified: {name}")
+        arg = ""
+        if states:
+            arg += "states:" + ",".join(states) + " "
+            if results:
+                arg += "or "
+        if results:
+            arg += "results:" + ",".join(results)
+        return arg.rstrip()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def convert_user(arg):
+        op, _, arg = arg.partition(":")
+        users = []
+        for user in arg.split(","):
+            try:
+                users.append(str(int(user)))
+            except ValueError:
+                users.append(str(pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_uid))
+        return "userid:" + ",".join(users)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def convert_datetime(dt):
+        if isinstance(dt, (float, int)):
+            if dt == 0:
+                # A datetime of zero indicates unset, or an arbitrary time
+                # in the future. Return 12 months from now.
+                return parse_datetime("+12m")
+            dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(dt).astimezone()
+        else:
+            dt = parse_datetime(dt, assumeFuture=False)
+        return dt.timestamp()
+
+    def convert_range(self, arg):
+        arg = arg[1:]
+        if ".." in arg:
+            start, end = arg.split("..")
+            arg = "(not ("
+            if start:
+                dt = self.convert_datetime(start)
+                arg += f"'t_cleanup:<{dt}'"
+            if start and end:
+                arg += " or "
+            if end:
+                dt = self.convert_datetime(end)
+                arg += f"'t_run:>{dt}'"
+            arg += "))"
+        else:
+            dt = self.convert_datetime(arg)
+            arg = f"(t_run:'<={dt}' and t_cleanup:'>={dt}')"
+        return arg
+
+    def convert_timeop(self, arg):
+        op, _, arg = arg.partition(":")
+        prefix = ""
+        if arg[0] in (">", "<"):
+            if arg[1] == "=":
+                prefix = arg[:2]
+                arg = arg[2:]
+            else:
+                prefix = arg[0]
+                arg = arg[1:]
+        arg = self.convert_datetime(arg)
+        return f"'{op}:{prefix}{arg}'"
+
+    def convert_token(self, arg):
+        if arg.startswith("@"):
+            return self.convert_range(arg)
+        if arg.startswith("t_"):
+            return self.convert_timeop(arg)
+        if arg.startswith("user:"):
+            return self.convert_user(arg)
+        if ":" not in arg:
+            return self.convert_filter(arg)
+        return f"'{arg}'"
+
+    def parse(self, string, debug=False):
+        # First pass: traverse all tokens and apply convenience conversions
+        expression = ""
+        lexer = ConstraintLexer()
+        lexer.input(str(string))
+        if debug:
+            print(f"input: {string}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        #  Get all tokens first so we can do lookahead in the next step for
+        #  proper use of whitespace:
+        tokens = []
+        while True:
+            tok = lexer.token()
+            if tok is None:
+                break
+            tokens.append(tok)
+
+        #  Reconstruct expression while converting tokens:
+        for i, tok in enumerate(tokens):
+            next_tok = None
+            if i < len(tokens) - 1:
+                next_tok = tokens[i + 1]
+            if debug:
+                print(tok, file=sys.stderr)
+            if tok.type != "TOKEN":
+                expression += tok.value
+            else:
+                expression += self.convert_token(tok.value)
+            if tok.type not in ("LPAREN", "NEGATE") and (
+                next_tok and next_tok.type not in ("RPAREN")
+            ):
+                expression += " "
+
+        if debug:
+            print(f"expression: '{expression}'", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        return super().parse(expression)
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/flux/util.py b/src/bindings/python/flux/util.py
index 6f561f1add26..9c20f08cd609 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/flux/util.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/flux/util.py
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         getattr(namespace, self.dest).update(values)
 
 
+class FilterActionConcatenate(argparse.Action):
+    """Concatenate filter arguments separated with space"""
+
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        setattr(namespace, "filtered", True)
+        current = getattr(namespace, self.dest)
+        if current is not None:
+            values = current + " " + values
+        setattr(namespace, self.dest, values)
+
+
 # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 class FilterTrueAction(argparse.Action):
     def __init__(
@@ -331,7 +342,7 @@ def parse_fsd(fsd_string):
     return seconds
 
 
-def parse_datetime(string, now=None):
+def parse_datetime(string, now=None, assumeFuture=True):
     """Parse a possibly human readable datetime string or offset
 
     If string starts with `+` or `-`, then the remainder of the string
@@ -369,6 +380,9 @@ def parse_datetime(string, now=None):
 
     cal = Calendar()
     cal.ptc.StartHour = 0
+    if not assumeFuture:
+        cal.ptc.DOWParseStyle = 0
+        cal.ptc.YearParseStyle = 0
     time_struct, status = cal.parse(string, sourceTime=now.timetuple())
     if status == 0:
         raise ValueError(f'Invalid datetime: "{string}"')
diff --git a/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py b/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
index 91b66914c4a9..53126658b477 100755
--- a/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
+++ b/src/cmd/flux-jobs.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 from flux.hostlist import Hostlist
 from flux.idset import IDset
 from flux.job import JobID, JobInfo, JobInfoFormat, JobList, job_fields_to_attrs
+from flux.job.list import JobListConstraintParser
 from flux.job.stats import JobStats
 from flux.util import (
     FilterAction,
+    FilterActionConcatenate,
     FilterActionSetUpdate,
     FilterTrueAction,
     UtilConfig,
@@ -153,18 +155,17 @@ def fetch_jobs_flux(args, fields, flux_handle=None):
         if args.filter:
             LOGGER.warning("Both -a and --filter specified, ignoring -a")
         else:
-            args.filter.update(["pending", "running", "inactive"])
+            args.filter = "pending,running,inactive"
 
     if not args.filter:
-        args.filter = {"pending", "running"}
+        args.filter = "pending,running"
 
-    constraint = None
     if args.include:
         try:
-            constraint = {"ranks": [IDset(args.include).encode()]}
+            args.filter += " ranks:" + IDset(args.include).encode()
         except ValueError:
             try:
-                constraint = {"hostlist": [Hostlist(args.include).encode()]}
+                args.filter += " host:" + Hostlist(args.include).encode()
             except ValueError:
                 raise ValueError(f"-i/--include: invalid targets: {args.include}")
 
@@ -172,13 +173,12 @@ def fetch_jobs_flux(args, fields, flux_handle=None):
         flux_handle,
         ids=args.jobids,
         attrs=attrs,
-        filters=args.filter,
         user=args.user,
         max_entries=args.count,
         since=since,
         name=args.name,
         queue=args.queue,
-        constraint=constraint,
+        constraint=JobListConstraintParser().parse(args.filter),
     )
 
     jobs = jobs_rpc.jobs()
@@ -231,10 +231,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "-f",
         "--filter",
-        action=FilterActionSetUpdate,
-        metavar="STATE|RESULT",
-        default=set(),
-        help="List jobs with specific job state or result",
+        action=FilterActionConcatenate,
+        metavar="QUERY",
+        help="Restrict jobs using a constraint query string",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--since",