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Add a task mentioning a date, withOUT setting a due date

sylviavas Pro says:


I've frequently entered tasks such as "buy food for Saturday potluck", then noticed that they had a due date of the next Sunday, and that the "Saturday" was missing - the task was just "buy food for potluck"

I realized that Remember the Milk was just auto-detecting the date. That's great sometimes, but frequently I don't want it. When I don't, I write "buy food for Satur day potluck". Note the space between Satur and day. This prevents Remember the Milk from recognizing it as a date, and setting a due date.

Posted at 11:07am on August 31, 2012

brendan (Remember The Milk) says:

Hi sylviavas,
It's also possible to enclose the task (or part of the task) in quotes to prevent Smart Add from parsing it. For example, try entering the following, including the quotes:

"buy food for Saturday potluck"

This will also create a task with no due date.

Hope this helps!

Posted 8 months ago

s21condo Pro says:

The quotes are a great idea, but entering dates and times in shorthand works just as well, and with fewer keystrokes. Instead of:

"Schedule Dave at 11am Friday September 7th"

I would enter:

"Schedule Dave 11amFriSept7"

Posted 8 months ago

s21condo Pro says:

I discovered this one by chance while adding wait-listed items - adding a question mark after the date or time also disables Smart Add parsing.

Posted 8 months ago

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