diff --git a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/json/ConstraintParsers.java b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/json/ConstraintParsers.java
index 10017ac713..9397cec074 100644
--- a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/json/ConstraintParsers.java
+++ b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/json/ConstraintParsers.java
@@ -335,15 +335,15 @@ static JsonParser<Transition> transitionP(JsonParser<ProfileExpression<?>> profi
               $ -> tuple(Unit.UNIT, $.value(), $.interval())
           );
 
-  static JsonParser<ShiftWindowsEdges> shiftWindowsEdgesF(JsonParser<Expression<Windows>> windowsExpressionP) {
+  static <I extends IntervalContainer<I>> JsonParser<ShiftEdges<I>> shiftEdgesF(final JsonParser<Expression<I>> intervalExpressionP) {
     return productP
-        .field("kind", literalP("WindowsExpressionShiftBy"))
-        .field("windowExpression", windowsExpressionP)
+        .field("kind", literalP("IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges"))
+        .field("expression", intervalExpressionP)
         .field("fromStart", durationExprP)
         .field("fromEnd", durationExprP)
         .map(
-            untuple((kind, windowsExpression, fromStart, fromEnd) -> new ShiftWindowsEdges(windowsExpression, fromStart, fromEnd)),
-            $ -> tuple(Unit.UNIT, $.windows, $.fromStart, $.fromEnd));
+            untuple((kind, expr, fromStart, fromEnd) -> new ShiftEdges<I>(expr, fromStart, fromEnd)),
+            $ -> tuple(Unit.UNIT, $.expression, $.fromStart, $.fromEnd));
   }
   static final JsonParser<EndOf> endOfP =
       productP
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ private static JsonParser<Expression<Windows>> windowsExpressionF(JsonParser<Exp
         andF(selfP),
         orF(selfP),
         notF(selfP),
-        shiftWindowsEdgesF(selfP),
+        shiftEdgesF(selfP),
         startsF(selfP),
         endsF(selfP),
         windowsFromSpansF(spansP),
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ private static JsonParser<Expression<Spans>> spansExpressionF(JsonParser<Express
           spansIntervalP,
           startsF(selfP),
           endsF(selfP),
+          shiftEdgesF(selfP),
           splitF(selfP),
           splitF(windowsP),
           spansFromWindowsF(windowsP),
diff --git a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/IntervalContainer.java b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/IntervalContainer.java
index bb5d560bdc..a499bba3be 100644
--- a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/IntervalContainer.java
+++ b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/IntervalContainer.java
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ public interface IntervalContainer<T extends IntervalContainer<T>> {
   LinearProfile accumulatedDuration(final Duration unit);
   T starts();
   T ends();
+  T shiftEdges(final Duration fromStart, final Duration fromEnd);
+  T select(final Interval... intervals);
 }
diff --git a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Spans.java b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Spans.java
index 1d3f89c92d..90596d66b9 100644
--- a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Spans.java
+++ b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Spans.java
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ public Spans ends() {
     return this.map($ -> Interval.at($.end));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Spans shiftEdges(final Duration fromStart, final Duration fromEnd) {
+    return this.map($ -> Interval.between($.start.plus(fromStart), $.startInclusivity, $.end.plus(fromEnd), $.endInclusivity));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Spans select(final Interval... intervals) {
+    return this.flatMap($ -> Arrays.stream(intervals).map(selection -> Interval.intersect($, selection)));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
     if (!(obj instanceof final Spans spans)) return false;
diff --git a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Windows.java b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Windows.java
index 651faafd54..a083641eab 100644
--- a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Windows.java
+++ b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/time/Windows.java
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ public Windows filterByDuration(Duration minDur, Duration maxDur) {
    * @param fromEnd duration to shift true -> false falling edges
    * @return a new Windows
    */
+  @Override
   public Windows shiftEdges(Duration fromStart, Duration fromEnd) {
     final var builder = IntervalMap.<Boolean>builder();
 
@@ -622,6 +623,7 @@ public Windows unset(final List<Interval> intervals) {
   }
 
   /** Delegated to {@link IntervalMap#select(Interval...)} */
+  @Override
   public Windows select(final Interval... intervals) {
     return new Windows(segments.select(intervals));
   }
diff --git a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftWindowsEdges.java b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftEdges.java
similarity index 59%
rename from constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftWindowsEdges.java
rename to constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftEdges.java
index 0db61054bc..67f1c1ce99 100644
--- a/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftWindowsEdges.java
+++ b/constraints/src/main/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ShiftEdges.java
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.model.EvaluationEnvironment;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.model.SimulationResults;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.time.Interval;
-import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.time.Windows;
+import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.time.IntervalContainer;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.merlin.protocol.types.Duration;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-public final class ShiftWindowsEdges implements Expression<Windows> {
-  public final Expression<Windows> windows;
+public final class ShiftEdges<I extends IntervalContainer<I>> implements Expression<I> {
+  public final Expression<I> expression;
   public final Expression<Duration> fromStart;
   public final Expression<Duration> fromEnd;
 
-  public ShiftWindowsEdges(final Expression<Windows> left, final Expression<Duration> fromStart, final Expression<Duration> fromEnd) {
-    this.windows = left;
+  public ShiftEdges(final Expression<I> left, final Expression<Duration> fromStart, final Expression<Duration> fromEnd) {
+    this.expression = left;
     this.fromStart = fromStart;
     this.fromEnd = fromEnd;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Windows evaluate(final SimulationResults results, final Interval bounds, final EvaluationEnvironment environment) {
+  public I evaluate(final SimulationResults results, final Interval bounds, final EvaluationEnvironment environment) {
     final var shiftRising = this.fromStart.evaluate(results, bounds, environment);
     final var shiftFalling = this.fromEnd.evaluate(results, bounds, environment);
 
@@ -32,21 +32,21 @@ public Windows evaluate(final SimulationResults results, final Interval bounds,
         bounds.endInclusivity
     );
 
-    final var windows = this.windows.evaluate(results, newBounds, environment);
-    return windows.shiftEdges(shiftRising, shiftFalling).select(bounds);
+    final var intervals = this.expression.evaluate(results, newBounds, environment);
+    return intervals.shiftEdges(shiftRising, shiftFalling).select(bounds);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void extractResources(final Set<String> names) {
-    this.windows.extractResources(names);
+    this.expression.extractResources(names);
   }
 
   @Override
   public String prettyPrint(final String prefix) {
     return String.format(
-        "\n%s(shiftWindowsEdges %s by %s %s)",
+        "\n%s(shiftEdges %s by %s %s)",
         prefix,
-        this.windows.prettyPrint(prefix + "  "),
+        this.expression.prettyPrint(prefix + "  "),
         this.fromStart.toString(),
         this.fromEnd.toString()
     );
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ public String prettyPrint(final String prefix) {
 
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-    if (!(obj instanceof ShiftWindowsEdges)) return false;
-    final var o = (ShiftWindowsEdges)obj;
+    if (!(obj instanceof ShiftEdges)) return false;
+    final var o = (ShiftEdges<?>)obj;
 
-    return Objects.equals(this.windows, o.windows) &&
+    return Objects.equals(this.expression, o.expression) &&
            Objects.equals(this.fromStart, o.fromStart) &&
            Objects.equals(this.fromEnd, o.fromEnd);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(this.windows, this.fromStart, this.fromEnd);
+    return Objects.hash(this.expression, this.fromStart, this.fromEnd);
   }
 }
diff --git a/constraints/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ASTTests.java b/constraints/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ASTTests.java
index c6ac01d3cf..f51289e90c 100644
--- a/constraints/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ASTTests.java
+++ b/constraints/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/constraints/tree/ASTTests.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public void testExpandBy() {
     final var expandByFromStart = Duration.of(-1, SECONDS);
     final var expandByFromEnd = Duration.of(0, SECONDS);
 
-    final var result = new ShiftWindowsEdges(Supplier.of(left), Supplier.of(expandByFromStart), Supplier.of(expandByFromEnd)).evaluate(simResults, new EvaluationEnvironment());
+    final var result = new ShiftEdges<>(Supplier.of(left), Supplier.of(expandByFromStart), Supplier.of(expandByFromEnd)).evaluate(simResults, new EvaluationEnvironment());
 
     final var expected = new Windows()
         .set(Interval.between(-1, Inclusive, 7, Inclusive, SECONDS), true)
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ public void testShrink() {
     final var clampFromStart = Duration.of(1, SECONDS);
     final var clampFromEnd = Duration.negate(Duration.of(1, SECONDS));
 
-    final var result = new ShiftWindowsEdges(Supplier.of(left), Supplier.of(clampFromStart), Supplier.of(clampFromEnd)).evaluate(simResults, new EvaluationEnvironment());
+    final var result = new ShiftEdges<>(Supplier.of(left), Supplier.of(clampFromStart), Supplier.of(clampFromEnd)).evaluate(simResults, new EvaluationEnvironment());
 
     final var expected = new Windows()
         .set(Interval.between(1, Inclusive, 4, Exclusive, SECONDS), true)
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ public void testShiftWindowsEdgesBoundsAdjustment() {
 
     final var crossingStartOfPlan = new Windows(false).set(Interval.between(-1, 1, SECONDS), true);
 
-    final var result1 = new ShiftWindowsEdges(
+    final var result1 = new ShiftEdges<>(
         Supplier.of(crossingStartOfPlan),
         Supplier.of(Duration.ZERO),
         Supplier.of(Duration.of(10, SECONDS))
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ public void testShiftWindowsEdgesBoundsAdjustment() {
     final var expected1 = new Windows(false).set(Interval.between(-1, 11, SECONDS), true).select(simResults.bounds);
     assertIterableEquals(expected1, result1);
 
-    final var result2 = new ShiftWindowsEdges(
+    final var result2 = new ShiftEdges<>(
         Supplier.of(crossingStartOfPlan),
         Supplier.of(Duration.of(-10, SECONDS)),
         Supplier.of(Duration.ZERO)
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ public void testShiftWindowsEdgesBoundsAdjustment() {
 
     final var crossingEndOfPlan = new Windows(false).set(Interval.between(19, 21, SECONDS), true);
 
-    final var result3 = new ShiftWindowsEdges(
+    final var result3 = new ShiftEdges<>(
         Supplier.of(crossingEndOfPlan),
         Supplier.of(Duration.ZERO),
         Supplier.of(Duration.of(10, SECONDS))
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ public void testShiftWindowsEdgesBoundsAdjustment() {
     final var expected3 = new Windows(false).set(Interval.between(19, 20, SECONDS), true).select(simResults.bounds);
     assertIterableEquals(expected3, result3);
 
-    final var result4 = new ShiftWindowsEdges(
+    final var result4 = new ShiftEdges<>(
         Supplier.of(crossingEndOfPlan),
         Supplier.of(Duration.of(-10, SECONDS)),
         Supplier.of(Duration.ZERO)
diff --git a/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-ast.ts b/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-ast.ts
index b00da24a60..740a033614 100644
--- a/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-ast.ts
+++ b/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-ast.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export enum NodeKind {
   WindowsExpressionEndOf = 'WindowsExpressionEndOf',
   WindowsExpressionLongerThan = 'WindowsExpressionLongerThan',
   WindowsExpressionShorterThan = 'WindowsExpressionShorterThan',
-  WindowsExpressionShiftBy = 'WindowsExpressionShiftBy',
   WindowsExpressionFromSpans = 'WindowsExpressionFromSpans',
   SpansExpressionFromWindows = 'SpansExpressionFromWindows',
   SpansExpressionSplit = 'SpansExpressionSplit',
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ export enum NodeKind {
   WindowsExpressionNot = 'WindowsExpressionNot',
   IntervalsExpressionStarts = 'IntervalsExpressionStarts',
   IntervalsExpressionEnds = 'IntervalsExpressionEnds',
+  IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges = 'IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges',
   ForEachActivitySpans = 'ForEachActivitySpans',
   ForEachActivityViolations = 'ForEachActivityViolations',
   ProfileChanges = 'ProfileChanges',
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export type WindowsExpression =
   | WindowsExpressionLongerThan
   | WindowsExpressionShorterThan
   | WindowsExpressionNot
-  | WindowsExpressionShiftBy
+  | IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges
   | WindowsExpressionFromSpans
   | IntervalsExpressionStarts
   | IntervalsExpressionEnds
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export type SpansExpression =
   | SpansExpressionSplit
   | IntervalsExpressionStarts
   | IntervalsExpressionEnds
+  | IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges
   | SpansExpressionFromWindows
   | ForEachActivitySpans
   | SpansExpressionInterval;
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ export interface WindowsExpressionNot {
   expression: WindowsExpression;
 }
 
-export interface WindowsExpressionShiftBy {
-  kind: NodeKind.WindowsExpressionShiftBy,
-  windowExpression: WindowsExpression,
+export interface IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges {
+  kind: NodeKind.IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges,
+  expression: IntervalsExpression,
   fromStart: Duration,
   fromEnd: Duration,
 }
diff --git a/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-edsl-fluent-api.ts b/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-edsl-fluent-api.ts
index 4c996b643f..727b4fdef7 100644
--- a/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-edsl-fluent-api.ts
+++ b/merlin-server/constraints-dsl-compiler/src/libs/constraints-edsl-fluent-api.ts
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ export class Windows {
       });
     } else {
       return new Windows({
-        kind: AST.NodeKind.WindowsExpressionShiftBy,
-        windowExpression: this.__astNode,
+        kind: AST.NodeKind.IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges,
+        expression: this.__astNode,
         fromStart,
         fromEnd
       })
@@ -471,6 +471,21 @@ export class Spans {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Shifts the start and end of each Span by a duration.
+   *
+   * @param fromStart duration to shift start by
+   * @param fromEnd duration to shift end by (defaults is `fromStart` if omitted)
+   */
+  public shiftBy(fromStart: AST.Duration, fromEnd?: AST.Duration | undefined): Spans {
+    return new Spans({
+      kind: AST.NodeKind.IntervalsExpressionShiftEdges,
+      expression: this.__astNode,
+      fromStart,
+      fromEnd: fromEnd !== undefined ? fromEnd : fromStart
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Convert this into a set of Windows. Each span is a true segment, and everything else is false.
    *
@@ -1314,6 +1329,14 @@ declare global {
      */
     public ends(): Spans;
 
+    /**
+     * Shifts the start and end of each Span by a duration.
+     *
+     * @param fromStart duration to shift start by
+     * @param fromEnd duration to shift end by (defaults is `fromStart` if omitted)
+     */
+    public shiftBy(fromStart: AST.Duration, fromEnd?: AST.Duration | undefined): Spans;
+
     /**
      * Splits each span into equal sized sub-spans.
      *
diff --git a/merlin-server/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/merlin/server/services/ConstraintsDSLCompilationServiceTests.java b/merlin-server/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/merlin/server/services/ConstraintsDSLCompilationServiceTests.java
index 345e7a6215..bc5bfc63e6 100644
--- a/merlin-server/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/merlin/server/services/ConstraintsDSLCompilationServiceTests.java
+++ b/merlin-server/src/test/java/gov/nasa/jpl/aerie/merlin/server/services/ConstraintsDSLCompilationServiceTests.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.RealValue;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.RollingThreshold;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.ShiftBy;
-import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.ShiftWindowsEdges;
+import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.ShiftEdges;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.ShorterThan;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.SpansFromWindows;
 import gov.nasa.jpl.aerie.constraints.tree.Split;
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export default() => {
               return Real.Resource("state of charge").rate().equal(Real.Value(4.0)).shiftBy(minute(2), minute(-20))
             }
         """,
-        new ViolationsOfWindows(new ShiftWindowsEdges(
+        new ViolationsOfWindows(new ShiftEdges(
             new Equal<>(new Rate(new RealResource("state of charge")), new RealValue(4.0)),
             new DurationLiteral(Duration.of(2, Duration.MINUTE)),
             new DurationLiteral(Duration.of(-20, Duration.MINUTE)))