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Start Date?

(closed account) says:
I'm totally new to RTM, so my apologies for not being able to figure out something so elementary. But how do I set a start date for a task? That is, I want to add a task, but not have it appear in my list until, for instance, a month, 3 months, a year (like birthday shopping). I see a "Due Date" field, but not a "Start Date" field. I don't want my list cluttered up with stuff I don't need to think about for 6 months. Thanks!
Posted at 5:11pm on August 7, 2010
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Unfortunately it's not possible to set a start date for a task; sorry for any inconvenience.

That said, with the power of Smart Lists and some savvy users, there are a number of good methods for setting this up, e.g. this thread about sleeper tags.

Hope this helps!
Posted 14 years ago
ranbarton Power Poster says:
If you are not ready to start applying sleeper tags to all of your tasks, you can very simply create a smart list of things due in the next week, or the next month, etc., and then use that to avoid seeing things from the distant future.
Posted 14 years ago
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