last day of month repeat
(closed account) says:
I have a task that needs to repeat on the last day of every month. As far as I can tell there is no way to do this and there needs to be.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
txaea,
You're right that there's currently no way to do this; sorry.
You may wish to set a to repeat "every 1 month" and set it to be due on the 28th (so it repeats correctly every month). You could also create a task for each month of the year: due on the last day of a month, set it to repeat "every 1 year", and then duplicate the task to create ones for other months.
Hope this helps!
You're right that there's currently no way to do this; sorry.
You may wish to set a to repeat "every 1 month" and set it to be due on the 28th (so it repeats correctly every month). You could also create a task for each month of the year: due on the last day of a month, set it to repeat "every 1 year", and then duplicate the task to create ones for other months.
Hope this helps!
(closed account) says:
I've figured out a way to do it with three tasks and always getting the task showing up on the last day of the month.
Task 1
Start on 31st Jan (or any other month with 31 days) and set to recur monthly.
When you click it complete it will recur on the 31st in March, May, July, August, October, December and back to January again.
Task 2
Start on 30th April and set to recur monthly, so it recurs 30th June, September, November, and back to April.
Task 3
28th of February, recur yearly.
(And no, that doesn't work for leap years, just have to postpone it a day!)
So aside from 1 day on 4 years you should always get a reminder on the last day of the month.
Task 1
Start on 31st Jan (or any other month with 31 days) and set to recur monthly.
When you click it complete it will recur on the 31st in March, May, July, August, October, December and back to January again.
Task 2
Start on 30th April and set to recur monthly, so it recurs 30th June, September, November, and back to April.
Task 3
28th of February, recur yearly.
(And no, that doesn't work for leap years, just have to postpone it a day!)
So aside from 1 day on 4 years you should always get a reminder on the last day of the month.
(closed account) says:
Oh, hang on, that doesn't quite work. I'd still get a task on the 30th of EVERY month except Feb. Damn, I thought I'd cracked it. Could just delete the "rouge" one I suppose.
Or set one task to repeat on the 30th and postpone it on a month with 31 days. And set up a separate task for February.
Still thinking.
Or set one task to repeat on the 30th and postpone it on a month with 31 days. And set up a separate task for February.
Still thinking.
mbowes80 says:
it appears there's no way to do this currently, which is pretty baffling to me. seems like it would be pretty easy to program in... only 3 different conditions depending on the month... behind the scenes the software could just set either the 28th, 30th, or 31st, based on the month, and the user could just see "every month on the last day" ...
moerby says:
Wow, baffling indeed. Everyone who has ever had to pay a bill at the end of the month would surely be scratching their heads at this silly omission.
moraesgp says:
Yes, this is a very important feature that is missing. If someone from rmilk is reading this, please add the feature! Thanks!
matthauger says:
+1.
tlstrauss says:
+1+1+1+1
dembo says:
+1
phantamarok says:
Yes, please.
admirau says:
+1
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
If you'd like to vote for this idea, please head over to the Ideas forum and vote for New repeat option: every month on the last day. Thanks! :)