How do I find people that I first met in a specific year?

You can find the people that you first met in a specific year by using a natural language search in the People section of Cloze. 

Enter in the search box along the top of the People section:

Met in 2018

This will show all of the people you first met in 2018. The search results will include people with whom you had your first communication in 2018 (via phone, text, calendar meetings, and email).