I would also find a mini calendar popup for scheduling the due date very useful. Every time I click that little calendar I somehow expect a little calendar to pop up even though I know it doesn't. Please consider this feature and as always thanks for a fantastic task list!

Agreed. I've stopped clicking it, but only after clicking it about 150 times expecting to see a date-picker.

I would expect the same, when you click on a calendar button you should see a calendar

this is such an obvious (and oft-requested) thing. I thought maybe a greasemonkey wizard out there might try to tackle this one?

yes please yes please yes please

At the mo I have to check a [gulp] PAPER calendar 8^0

This is a great idea. I'd liek to se this as well.

Agreed. Much needed.

This is all coded up, good looking, ready to go, and free.

http://stephencelis.com/projects/timeframe#example_information

Via Daring Fireball.

I agree, I would also like to have this feature.

If this is included in RTM it must be possible to select what day of the week is the first - Monday for me.

Dudes - No pop-up calendar is circa "TheGlobe.com"

Just adding my vote for a pop-up date picker. Please, please! If I click on that calendar icon one more time...

I agree, I expected the calendar icon to open up a calendar when I click on it.

in the igoogle ap, the only way to set a due date is to type it. This stinks. PLEASE add a calendar selection feature.

I add my vote; pop-up calendar please so we can select a date via mouse click(s) rather than typing. Admittedly, it will not have the smart AI features of the typed text, but most times it's sufficient, not to say expected.

I love the smart typing feature, but a calendar is essential for the times you don't know the specific dates.

You've got my vote.

+1

completely agree.

I also agree with folks that a calendar is essential.

"Here, here" and hopefully 'soon, soon'

another hearty vote "yes" for calendar

Me too. A must have feature.

The good news: There is nothing wrong with my computer
The Bad news: Why is there no clickable calendar?????????

I mean, can ALL these people be wrong?
This IS the expected functiomality

I too would LOVE to see a pop-up calendar.
Great Job so far

Yes, please. At least a reference calendar for the current and next month, if not clickable.

Thanks for an excellent product.

Please. This is a very frustrating limitation. I would like to see a popup calendar on both the RTM site and iGoogle. Thank you!

yep this is a must have.

Or you could add the ability to do things like

Sunday in 1 month

add me to the list of beggars

+1 for popup calendar

I don't want a pop up calendar, but I do want some kind of calendar so I know what due date to assign for tasks further in advance than 1 week. Maybe when the due date field is selected, there could be a small calendar below the "1 task selected" box.

I'm pretty sure HiTask has this feature and I think it's annoying. I like being able to type in my due dates as today, Friday, etc, and would find it really annoying to have to always click the number on a pop up calendar, but sometimes I definitely need something for into-the-future reference.

So, +1 (sort of).

Another vote for the popup calendar. Seriously, it's the one flaw in the system that prevents me from adding quick events.

yes please! The little calendar icon sitting there is too tempting, why doesn't it do anything! So frustrating!

Yes, I would very much like to see this feature as well.

+1 - a must have feature!

Check out the RTM Google Desktop Gadget located at www.catsoft.ch/gg/catsoftrtm.gg or add it through the desktop sidebar with Add Gadget, search for RTM. This includes a calendar for picking the due date. You can find a small screencast at http://screencast.com/t/22ldr2l5D1F.

Arthur

There are multiple DHTML calendars available out there. Not sure why this shouldn't be something easy to pop in the app. Setting due dates by having to look at another application for a calendar is ridiculous. Especially given you have an icon on the due date box which is standard for "click here for a pop-up calendar".

+1 -- This is an essential for any task management software.

yes please include any type of calendar preferably interacitve so if you click a date you can see whats on that date like things to do and tasks due.
bolded dates mean things are on it :D and even times would be cool XD

+1

Add me to that list....

I'd just be happy with a calendar so I can see what day of the week a certain date falls on. :)

+1

+1 for a popup calendar

... with a preference for 1 to 3 months ahead.

I too am waiting for a pop up calendar - until such time I really dont use RTM. I like to see a calendar when I assign dates. With RTM I have to go to another application look at a date and then enter in RTM. Waste of time.

Please add.....its Christmas....please.......

Agreed. Only thing is to have the original way of inputting time/dates as well.

Yeah, RTM definitely needs this functionality. I hate having to use another app or a paper calendar to figure out due dates. This should be a simple addition. Please!

Not sure if this will help since it looks like a year's worth of people have asked for this, but I too would like to see a calendar added.

If there are no plans for this, maybe someone from RTM should chime in...

why is this not added yet. The lack of this feature is so irritating it makes me want to stop using rtm.

I totally agree. I just signed up for a Pro account so I could use RTM on my iPhone. The no calendar thing is so counter intuitive, it is baffling. I get the whole smart thing, but I have got to be able to look at a calendar further out to decide a due date. I am not sure I want to use this with no drop down calendar... strange, very strange...

I'm new to this today. Like the app, but the apparent lack of response to this issue makes me want to keep looking for something better. 'Organize ToDo' is a nice new Google gadget which can be maximized. It's got a pop-up calendar already.

Please add it, when you have time

This is the single most important thing that Remember the Milk is missing. I sure hope it will make it in soon.

Just want to add my vote to this feature as well. Actually, I was SHOCKED that something so trivial and important to managing dates is not there. I am coming from ToodleDo and this is available in every screen.

Please add it. OR atleast tell us why this simple feature requested for over a year has not been included. An explanation is always better than silence.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your feedback. This feature has been added to the tasks for the developers to have a look at. As soon as I know when/if it will be included in an upcoming release, I'll let you know!

Hooray!

You have made many people happy on this day.

eggs-selent news!

Also very interested in this calendar function

Sweet! Just in time for the one year anniversary of the start of this thread!

(sarcastic? yes, but it's rooted in love!)

RTM fans have got to be the most patient people in the world. If RTM was a Microsoft product, I can't help but wonder what kind of reaction this lack of action would get...

Really looking forward to this..
Any progress in adding this function??

pretty pretty please?

+1

+1 Please !

why need a Mini-Calendar? you just need to type mon, wed or even "today" and "tomorrow". fast and easy.

+1 please. Cheers!

Nope. We need a mini-calendar. Heck, I am really needing a full global calendar/task integration program. The date picker is so necessary, please, please, please do it!

+1

+1 vote for a calendar date picker.

@samycchn - "why need a Mini-Calendar? you just need to type mon, wed or even "today" and "tomorrow". fast and easy. "

example of use:

I want to add a reminder for task X for one month from now but I want it add it on a Saturday only. Right now I have to check a calendar to see what date the nearest Saturday is.

+1

This is just my 6 month check-in on this thread. I wanted to say "hi" and confirm that, yes, a calendar picker is still sorely needed~

+1

This is a make-or-break feature for me. I really need it if RTM is going to be at all useful.

+1

Definitely need a calender in RTM.

Quick check in to make sure this is still in the mind of the developers.

I needed this feature again today. I am on vacation next week and wanted to schedule some tasks for the week after I get back but I didn't know what the dates for that week were.

It's a pity I have to go to a different application to pull up a calendar. Most other websites that have date inputs (like travel websites for example) have a date picker.

I couldn't believe that this feature did not exist, I thought I was missing something. Very strange omission :-S

Why is this thread going on for a year, and no one has done anything?? RTM, hello????
+1

+1

Still not there???

Looks like its too much to ask.

Anyone know of an RTM alternative?
I hate typing "mon," "wed," "tomorrow"

AAAAAAAGH

I agree, I'm tired of clicking on my taskbar clock just to see what date a task is due so I can write it on RTM. Please add a datepicker.

+1

Glad I'm not the only person who has clicked and clicked the little calendar button hoping for one to pop up. I can't conceptualize a calendar more than a week away so that would be helpful. Orbitz and all those sites can do it, can't be that hard.

Wow. This is still not in the product. Yipes.

I tried RTM over a year ago and this is what caused me to drop it and now a year later...no progress.

It's so weird since RTM is so advanced in so many ways.

+1 again - i'm getting sick of doing date math in my head

+1

Calendar is essential!

I click the calendar icon just about everytime - it can't be too hard as just about every other website in the world with a date requirement has a selectable calendar!

Thanks you.

Absolutely - this is the most important thing I can think of to make RTM more useful. I'm constantly hitting the little calendar by instinct hoping a calendar pops up to choose the due date.

Thank you.

I'm shocked that this thread has been going so long with no result. I'm a pro user and no calendar date pick is becoming so irritating that it's close to a deal breaker for me.

no updates on this yet??

+100000000

I'm back for my check in on this thread. Still no calendar as far as I can tell. I'm going to make a recurring task in my RTM so that I don't forget to check back in. See you guys in another 6 months!

:)

+1 Please

+1!!

+1

Wow, it's really weird, with all this feedback, and with RTM being so generally cool, that this feature hasn't been added. From a programming perspective, it's not hard (even if coding the JS from scratch rather than using something pre-built, there are a ton of examples out there to base the work on). You could continue to support text entry for those who prefer it, and if that weren't enough I wouldn't think it would be too hard to make it a toggleable preference.

Lots of people want it, a one-dayer to code, and can be done in a way that allows people to ignore it if desired. Seems like a slam dunk. Puzzled (but still love RTM).

In short, put me down as a +1. :-)

Jim

Hello RTM,

If I go PRO will you do it?

It is a must have - seriously!

Thanks.

This is one of the first things a new user is surprised by not finding. It would simplify input a lot.

I often find myself switching to Outlook to look for the date of the next Friday or similar.

ernfors, you can simply type in "next Friday" and that gets correctly transformed into a valid date.

That said, I think the ability to select from a calendar is definitely missing here.

Yo tambien necesito un calendario automático!!! por favor, a datepicker!

This is the one thing that is really bugging me about RTM. I frequently have a task I need to do "sometime in the first week of month X" and I want to slot it into a day... seeing a visual calendar is the most efficient way of doing this. Add my vote!

Please Please add a calender! I am a new user and that is one of the first things I noticed was missing. +1

Pop-up Calendar will make the date selection easier...
Why not?
Almoust 100 users asking for it... +1 !

Please date picker calendar !

I don't understand that this does not happen and am surprised to see this thread going back so far. When I searched for setting a due date in "help" it said to click on the mini calendar to view the popup and select your date.....but evidently this does not work. Is it being fixed??

+1. I love the AI that the text box uses ("next Tuesday") but it's still nice to have a pop-up calendar to select a date.

+1

I'm a little late on checking in here (I postponed my task in RTM a couple of weeks), but looks like we are all still out of luck when it comes to having a little javascript calendar.

Hey RTM, I know the iPhone and Android are much sexier, but this is so basic that it should be addressed. Especially when we all know that a wimpy little dropdown calendar is soooo simple to implement when you compare it to all of the other amazing coding going on in RTM-land. Or if I am dead wrong, can someone on the inside confirm that it is jaw-droppingly difficult to do and would require months of development time and it is something that we will never see? I would LOVE to at least hear some sort of official acknowledgement on this topic. Please.

Hopefully this will be the last time I check in on this thread!! If not, I will see you all here in 6 months again....

Please don't take my tone as hatred of all things RTM, this is just one seemingly simple thing that has bothered me for so long--this thread is 2.5 *years* old. I still renew my account and still turn friends on to the site. In my opinion, these forums are one of the best things that RTM has going for it: a group of powerusers who are constantly sharing ideas and coming up with new ways to use the site. In that spirit, I suggest a new idea that is related to this thread: How about a new symbol in the Smart Add field (maybe "&") that instead of dropping down a list of words like the due date symbol, actually dropped down a calendar? I would actually like this even MORE than a dropdown in the properties area. It's been love at first site for me and Smart Add!!

Thanks.

+1. I love the AI that the text box uses ("next Tuesday") but it's still nice to have a pop-up calendar to select a date.

As a visual person, I also request this feature.

+1 hands up for the pop-up calendar

+1 Please! Should not be that rocket science!

+1. This was a good idea 2.5 years ago. It's still a good idea now.

Wow, seriously?

Bump.

This has been a std feature for date fields for years -- a must have!

This will be much easier to implement for the team once HTML5 is standardized and all major browsers support the type=date attribute of the input element. See http://diveintohtml5.org/forms.html#type-date

I, for one, appreciate being able to enter in my own string that's subsequently parsed, and think this should always remain an option.

It will be even easier once modern browsers support telepathic input. In the meantime, this simple request has languished for years.

I agree that parsing free form entry should remain available, too.

+1 MUST. HAVE. PLEASE.

Maybe 2.5 years after the original request, my post will be the tipping point to get this feature added. Please add a date picker. Please. Please.

+1

Yes! Please!!

its a must

+1 please! this is so standard on so many other cal apps, would be essential here! =)

+1

+1

I just realized this feature was requested 2 years ago !!
Please add it, it's needed for almost every user...

I'm here for my 6 month checkup.

It's so sad to report that this is still outstanding and that my post from 6 months ago couldn't even be worthy of a 2 second response from the RTM crew.

I would still love to hear a "YES" or "NO" answer on where this issue stands.

See you all in 6 months!

I'm a new RTM user, and I can't believe there's no pop-up calendar. I haven't used an app or web site in years that didn't support a pop-up calendar for date entry.

+1

Just signed up for RTM and I love it, EXCEPT the fact that I have to literally guess when I'm trying to set a due date. I do appreciate the quick 'just type your due date' app smarts, but more often than not I need to see a calendar in order to decide what due date makes sense.

Please add a mini calendar feature, every other app has it and the lack of it in RTM is almost enough for me to go back to my old task management software.

This is a pretty weird omission. Surely it'd be an easy thing to do?

! am another new user who would appreciate this feature, but keep the free form input method as well.

Please RTM, could we have some feedback on this ongoing request.

I have tried most task management apps and RTM is by far the best, it is really strange that you dont include a date picker.

Thanks for reading.

+1 (just to keep the thread going)

Must have.

I agree. I think about the lack of this feature every time I add a task and am forced to open the windows calendar to pick a date.

This wouldn't help me any, but it is true that when people see a small calendar icon, there should be a date-picker if you click on it.

I just suggested this by email today.

This calendar pop up feature would be so helpful. I consistently click the calendar icon expecting to be able to use it. To my dismay, I have to check another calendar for the due date which is too time consuming and cumbersome. Isn't this an easy fix?

YES PLEASE!

You can use program:
http://www.phraseexpress.com/docs8/09/manual.htm#input

Macro="^{#calendar -f ddddd -head Select date ...}"

+1

please please please add this

adding my vote...I keep clicking on it even though I know better!

+1

This might be a nice addition, but only if it didn't spoil the great natural date inputting. I've started using Tracks a bit for task tracking, and my biggest frustration is that setting date is only done via a pop up calendar, taking at least 2 mouse clicks per task. With RTM, I tab to the due date field (or not if using smart add) and enter "tom", "wed", "1 month" or whatever. So quick and intuitive. Sure, there might be a very occasional time I want it on a specific day that I need to look up, but that must be a very small number of tasks I input. I don't want to use my mouse for adding tasks at all.

Yes! Please!!

Agreed this would be a good addition. The lack of a calendar widget really confused me at first as it looks like one should be there.

Well, I prefer a Redmine style task+calendar system for check task due data with a graphic image.

RTM is already outstanding, but agree that the calendar pop up would be of real benefit.

What? I have been trying out RTM for only about 15 minutes. The default Android date picker (obviously used by many Android apps) is bad enough, but omitting it altogether in a web application used for task planning is pretty crazy. Mind-bogglingly, people have apparently been requesting this feature for more than three years now.
So, uhm, just implement it. I guess?
+1

Useful to have.

This must be a record - April 17 2008 for the first request.

It's the sort of thing that deserves an annual holiday or some kind of anniversary event. Tell you what, we could get together and code the calendar picker. Anyone up for meeting on April 17 2012?

Still haven't managed to stop myself from clicking the calendar with the expectation that I will be able to choose a date.

A big +1!

Wow. So sad to come back to this thread on my 6 month remember the milk reminder task. I'm still blown away that a new RTM iOS 5 app can come out in days but this monumental task is still stumping the RTM crew. (side note: I'm not an apple guy, but I will say that the new android update is fan-freakin-tastic!)

Can we at least get a little check in from somebody official on this topic?????? Are we doomed to always click the icon and see the unexpected?

See you all back here in April!

+1

"Are we doomed to always click the icon and see the unexpected?"

Same problem, same request, from this new user. IMHO popping a date picker when the user wants to alter a date is almost standard in UIs these days.

RTM, this is standard basic functionality. Its a pain not being able to see a calendar when assigning dates. +1

This would be my number one wish!

As a matter of fact, I might even be persuaded to upgrade to Pro if this was offered.

+ 1 for me. I'm a new user coming from Google Tasks and I'm so used to using the calendar to input dates. It seems kind of obvious doesn't it? This is the kind of weird annoyance that would prevent me from going pro.

+1 for me. Bloody shame to be honest that this takes so long.
The rest of RTM is awesome, so make it perfect asap!

+1 for me as well. There are a couple of areas where I constantly click on things and expect a window or drop down. The calendar is #1, and locations are #2, it would be so nice to have a drop down list, in case I don't remember what I called a location.

as a new RTM member i am also clicking the calendar icon in vain - it drives me nuts!

Wow. I guess that's all I can say. Wow. Ok, I guess I can say more. Looks like this spring it will be 3 years since this thread started? I recently got back into RTM after letting my pro membership lapse. Little things like this missing (obvious) feature make me wonder. Please for the love of all that is Holy add this.

Aaaagghhhh! Please either get rid of the calendar icon or make it do something! I'm a fairly new user, and this morning I tried for 15 minutes to figure out what I was doing wrong, because clicking on the calendar did nothing. I know the item I am working on is due on the Tuesday after next, but instead of being able to click on a calendar and set that, I have to find a calendar, look it up, and then enter a manual date. There's nothing in the help file or user guide about this thing being a red herring, so I finally ended up here looking for information.

I would like this feature, too!

Add the popup calendar please!

Really , no calendar popup ? I have to switch to Google calendar just to be able to find the right date ?

Come on, other apps have this! I thought this is a standard? Please add pop-up calendar! This format of entering date is frustrating!

I agree about the calender popup but for some reason i dont think they are getting the memo.

You have my vote on this as well... Whats the point of having the small calender if it doesnt pop-up! How I am suppose to the day of the week of a date??

This is the first thing I noticed and almost dumped the app as a result, Seems pretty basic,,,

A must have (calendar pop-up)...

+1

I cannot believe there isn't a pop up calendar. I am guessing they don't read these comments.

+1

if it is a choice between calendar and the intelligent input mechanisms they have today, give me today's model - VERY CLEVER . THANKS

Gee! Mini-popup calendar is standard format these days! It's so annoying that this feature is not here! Why do I have to type the date? As a result, I am still using other task apps.

+1

very good idea.
+1

Count me among the zillion others who expected the little calendar icon to pop up a calendar picker.

Count me in

I'm also thinking of dumping it now, I've hated it that there are no calendars.

Please add the pop-up calendar.

The iPhone native Reminders app does this really well, would be great to have this on RTM for iPhone and might persuade me to renew my subscription another year.

The only thing I've found missing is the calendar picker.

And another begging for this feature...

How on earth can this bug not simply be fixed?
The icon is there, and does nothing.
This is pretty bad, IMHO.

I find it interesting that RTM does not monitor or respond to this thread. I agree that it is such a basic feature and a pet peeve of mine. I would probably go pro if it was added.

cpwernham, this is not a bug, it's a feature :)

But I agree that adding a calendar picker is not that hard to do...there are a ton of prebuild scripts you can use...it would be a few hours work max.

I really want this...

I don't know how RTM developers feel about a dependency, but some Javascript libraries may provide a quick fix for this request. JQuery UI datepicker comes to mind and would be perfect for this request. http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ Also, JQuery has a mobile library so the Android and Apple devices will get the same functionality if there is a need.

E.g. the aCalender app has a nice wheel based date and time selection tool.
A real two-dimensional calender would also be much appreciated.

+1 poke, would be very nice to have such datepicker included in next RTM release, or more intuitive date selection like tomorrow, next week, in two weeks, first day of next month, ...

Back again. Nothing has changed. :(

You guys are obviously talented developers, I just don't understand this obvious miss. I don't think it's a technical thing.

What more is there to say? Datepicker please.

+1 Yup, a datepicker is a must.

Wow! I just realized that people have been asking for this since 2008!!!!!!

+1.

The iPhone app should allow for a proper daypicker too.

The missing calendar is the only thing which keeps me from using RTM or even buying the pro version of it. So +1

+1 for this. Would make setting things a few weeks out SOOOO much easier. I have to do it all the time too (which means jumping over to the cal app to get the date and then back to RTM). Such a pain.

I do not understand. Should actually be a base function. I use RTM for several years and I miss this feature for several years. Really annoying!

+1 want to buy Pro, but calendar is necessary feature for me

I find it unbelievable that a simple feature like hasn't even been answered by the RTM team...

Completely agree. Date picker is an obvious addition

"The missing calendar" FROM THE WEBSITE "is the only thing which keeps me from using RTM or even buying the pro version of it. So +1"

Please can we add this feature, it would make so much sense. Thanks

Yep - gotta have it. I can't think of any app anywhere dependent on users picking dates that doesn't have one. Otherwise, I have to find a calendar (gasp!) to get the right date. Not cool. And worse, inefficient.

As others have indicated - I am ready for a long term relationship with RTM - but this could be the deal breaker! :-(

New user today... clicking the icon for the same expected action - a calendar... looks like ppl have been doing this for 4 years now - maybe time for a change?

This would be a very welcome addition not only because then you can pick a certain weekday (e.g. if you want to postpone a task to a sunday within 2 months).

I have to find a calendar to get the right date. I love the keyboard and all the shortcuts etc. But do you know the date of the second Tuesday next month?

Not cool. And worse, inefficient. Please implement it.

Love the product but I yearn for date picker. It's been three years of people asking you for this and no visible product enhancement on the desktop. On Android the picker is there. Perhaps adding yet another post to the every growing pile is futile but I live in hope. :-)

Fantastic tool, with only one major feature missing, a calendar for entering ToDo's. How could this happen? This is a must for me to buy the pro version.

how is this not a default feature???

This to too obvious of an overlook. You should not have to go to a calendar outside of RTM to find a date. Please update soon! Thank you

Just started remember the milk. Love it, but this one small missing feature really slows down the whole process. Typing "today" for multiple tasks is a pain, and if you want to set a date ofr instance 4 days ahead, requires thinking of the date when it should be easy calendar. On multiple other cloud applications, so should not be too hard,

I please too :) I don't understand why the calender have not data picker yet. The script is so easy to implementation.

It sure would be nice :-)

Has it been said enough? Please add a calendar picker. RTM could use a web overhaul.

Please add my voice to this

I was surprised that this feature was missing. I would like as well.

Ditto.

It would be a very simple addition. (With a jQuery plugin maybe?)
Although I am confortable with writing in the dates as text, but it is useful to know instantly that what day will be in two weeks from next saturday for example. And to use the calendar to set a due date to that date.

Please, it's easy!

Nothing more I can add. Just do it.

Just do it! Please :-)

Yes, please, please!!!

Need the pop up calendar as well!
Please add this :)

yes, please...

Easy to implement idea, with a ton of votes.
With this you would could please your customers with very little effort.

This is very important. Actually, calendar view is a standard in business. You set events with dates when you have a business. That's why I use RTM, because it has CalDAV etc. But, when you need to modify task's date, you have to enter it manually, because there is no calendar picker.. :(

Please, Please

I need this feature as well.

please, a pop up calendar would be great.

I add my vote to this idea. When I want a due date beyond the current week, I look at my Google calendar to pick a day, and then type it in RTM. Would be much better to select it from a calendar in RTM.

Yup, this would be great.

Ha ha--I clicked that icon sooo many times. Let's have a popup calendar control!

checking in again.... no calendar popup. Tears.

Agree, the on in Cultured Code Things app is awesome.

Yet another request for pop up cal