due date defaults
grahampcharles says:
Until a couple of weeks (?) ago, entries to my "Groceries" list had no due date, while my normal entries had a default due date of "today". I thought this was pretty slick, though I knew I hadn't done anything to set it up that way.
And now it doesn't work anymore -- all tasks default to "today".
Is there any chance this option will reappear in a user-configurable way in the future?
And now it doesn't work anymore -- all tasks default to "today".
Is there any chance this option will reappear in a user-configurable way in the future?
(closed account) says:
What OS are you running? Sounds to me like something's wrong with your system. I don't have any default due dates on my system. Like you, I have a groceries list and none of these items has a due date. I'm running WinXP at work, and OSX 10.5.7 at home. You don't have to "set it up that way", you just don't add due dates to those items. You can have, and many people do, normal tasks with no due dates. There are even threads discussing what to do with them.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
I'm not sure if your Groceries list is a smart list or not, but I do this with a few stores' lists.
What I do is set my smart lists up with criteria like this: list:Shared due:never tag:grocery and then any task added to that list will inherit those three properties.
Otherwise, tasks added on the website without a due date specified shouldn't have one. If some tasks are showing up with a due date of "today", is that being inherited like I mention above? Or is there something else happening?
What I do is set my smart lists up with criteria like this: list:Shared due:never tag:grocery and then any task added to that list will inherit those three properties.
Otherwise, tasks added on the website without a due date specified shouldn't have one. If some tasks are showing up with a due date of "today", is that being inherited like I mention above? Or is there something else happening?
(closed account) says:
@andrewski
I'm curious. What does the "due:never" accomplish? I just filtered my database for "due:never", and got all the uncompleted tasks with no due date, which is what I had expected. I then added a due date to one of the tasks in the "due:never" list and removed it simply by deleting it, to see if maybe one it had a due date, I needed to do a "due:never" to clear the due date. But it showed back up on my "due"never" list just by erasing it. So "due:never" seems to be just a null condition on the date field, which is what you have if you don't assign a due date or if you simply erase the due date.
What I'm asking is, wouldn't the smart list be the same if you left the "due:never" out and just didn't assign due dates to the tasks in that smart list?
I'm curious. What does the "due:never" accomplish? I just filtered my database for "due:never", and got all the uncompleted tasks with no due date, which is what I had expected. I then added a due date to one of the tasks in the "due:never" list and removed it simply by deleting it, to see if maybe one it had a due date, I needed to do a "due:never" to clear the due date. But it showed back up on my "due"never" list just by erasing it. So "due:never" seems to be just a null condition on the date field, which is what you have if you don't assign a due date or if you simply erase the due date.
What I'm asking is, wouldn't the smart list be the same if you left the "due:never" out and just didn't assign due dates to the tasks in that smart list?
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
cdhsman,
Yes, that's true. The reason I'm explicit in the lack of due date is that new tasks created while in that list (whether when I'm planning at home or recall something at the store) will inherit those properties.
I don't want them getting a due date because then they'll show up in my Smart Lists that are based on the date (especially if I don't go out and buy the items right away).
Yes, that's true. The reason I'm explicit in the lack of due date is that new tasks created while in that list (whether when I'm planning at home or recall something at the store) will inherit those properties.
I don't want them getting a due date because then they'll show up in my Smart Lists that are based on the date (especially if I don't go out and buy the items right away).
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
ranbarton, are you wondering about anything in addition to what I posted above? Or did we post in the same timeframe again? :)