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Smart list for tasks that repeat daily?

(closed account) says:
Hi all.

I have a few tasks that repeat daily - chores etc. Is there any trick to creating a smart list called "Dailies" that will show all of my daily tasks?

I've tried isRepeating:true AND due:today AND due:tomorrow but RTM doesn't seem to create the task tomorrow until it's completed today.

Any ideas would be hugely appreciated.
Posted at 5:34pm on December 11, 2010
raymond.bergmark Power Poster says:
Logically, what you want is
isRepeating:true AND (due:today OR due:tomorrow)

But maybe
isRepeating:true AND due:today
is even better?
Posted 13 years ago
(closed account) says:
Hi, thanks for the response. Those two options will select any repeating task that's due today / tomorrow though, e.g. tasks that repeat weekly / monthly.

I only want to select tasks that repeat every day.
Posted 13 years ago
raymond.bergmark Power Poster says:
A repeating task has one or more instances. After the due date+time has passed, a new instance is created, in your case tomorrow. There is no connection between the two instances (one due today (already overdue) and one due tomorrow) so you can't search for them simultaneously.

One way to search for these daily chores (a workaround) would be to tag them chores for example.
Posted 13 years ago
(closed account) says:
Sorry, I should have made that a little clearer. Your example: isRepeating:true AND due:today will select all repeating tasks due today, regardless of how often they repeat.

So, if a task repeats every Wednesday, (and today is Wednesday) your filter will pick up that task. I only want to pick up tasks that repeat daily.
Posted 13 years ago
ranbarton Power Poster says:
If you give all of your daily tasks a distinctive tag, and build that into your search, you can generate the subset you seek.
Posted 13 years ago
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