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Due 1 weekday from now

chad.burkins says:

I'd like to create a search to show tasks that are due 1 weekday from now. Any thoughts ?

Ideally : due:"1 weekday from now"

Doesn't seem to work.
Posted at 8:05pm on November 6, 2009
steveshay says:
For Sunday - Thursday you would just use (due:Tomorrow) but to keep weekend tasks from displaying on Friday and Saturday you need to add (AND dueBefore:Saturday)

which gives us:
(due:Tomorrow AND dueBefore:Saturday)

To show Mondays tasks over the weekend we use (due:Monday) and restrict it to (AND dueWithin:"4 days") so we don't see Monday's tasks during the rest of the week.

this gives us:
(due:Monday AND dueWithin:"4 Days")

Show the results of either of these searches and you will get the tasks due on the next weekday:

(due:Tomorrow AND dueBefore:Saturday) OR (due:Monday AND dueWithin:"4 Days")
Posted 15 years ago
steveshay says:
Correction.

Using dueBefore:Saturday will cause Sunday's tasks to be displayed on Saturday. To fix this issue use NOT (due:Saturday OR due:Sunday) instead.

Corrected search:
(due:tomorrow AND NOT (due:Saturday OR due:Sunday)) OR (due:Monday AND dueWithin:"4 Days")
Posted 15 years ago
chad.burkins says:
Terrific, thanks for the quick replies !

Forgot to add one thing. I'm trying to create a smart list that will always inherit a due date of the following workday. As such, I don't think this will work, since it uses "OR".

Any other thoughts ?
Posted 15 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
No, there'd be no way to use the "inheritance" feature within this kind of search; you could use due:tomorrow but, of course, that would include weekends.
Posted 15 years ago
chad.burkins says:
Bummer, but thanks for the reply. Is there a way to request a new feature ?
Posted 15 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Consider it requested. ;)
Posted 15 years ago
ranbarton Power Poster says:
@steveshay - Terrific, thank you.
Posted 15 years ago
chad.burkins says:
That's terrific, looking forward to the feature !
Posted 14 years ago
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