(Archived) How do you add a due date?

[coastside 0]

I want to assign a due date to a to-do item. Is there a way to do that?

[crane 40]

No. There is no date support in EN for this kind of thing.

[salgud 12]

I want to assign a due date to a to-do item. Is there a way to do that?

This probably isn't very satisfying, being rather lo-tech, but I would type in the due date next to the checkbox.

I know, not very techy. :oops:

[dude_uber 0]

this would be perfect product with optional due date.

is useless to me without it.

so close...

[TheMatador 0]

A due date would be a great feature. It would help you to remind you on special notes and for managing tasks it's a must have.

[iafanasyev 1]

You can use a 'subject date' attribute -- this is a custom date that you can use for any purposes, and then sort notes by it in note list. To change subject date, select a note and choose 'Change dates...' command from the context menu.

[melchioe 0]

That's all well and good for the Windows people. Mac people do not appear to have access to the subject date, either in note attributes or sort options.

-e-

[betonmoewe 0]

That's all well and good for the Windows people. Mac people do not appear to have access to the subject date, either in note attributes or sort options.

-e-

yes, this option does not exist in the mac client and web interface

Furthermore, I can only create searches for the past (last week, last day and so on) but not for the future (like next week) with this, wich was my sorrowful experience (viewtopic.php?f=30&t=6777&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a)

To put the due date direkt into the note disable all relative searches !

Thus: here my vote for a due date with the possibility of relative searching in both time directions !!!

[motorwayne 0]

Has to do checkbox due date been added for Mac yet? or if not, will it be added?

[jbenson2 2,149]

A Due Date is in the works according to Evernote

In the meantime:

There are cases where I want an accurate Create Date and an accurate Due Date.

For instance, when I call the Dentist to schedule an appointment.

• The title will have the task (Tooth Cleaning)
  The Create Date will act as the Due Date for my future appointment
  And in the body of the note, I add the initial phone call to make the appointment along with the time stamp Ctrl + ;
  Any changes are added to the body with the time stamp.
  

So I end up with a workable Due Date, and action-item history info with date. Here is what the title and note look like:

• 2010 12 14 USA MN Maple Grove Brook West Family Dentisty JLB cleaning
  I called to make appointment. Confirmed with Sue for Nov 18 at 10am - 08/23/2010 3:45 PM
  I called back and moved out the appointment - Confirmed with Nancy for Dec 14 at 10am - 08/25/2010 10:15 AM
  

This system has worked very nicely for me over the past year.

[jefito 5,598]

Has to do checkbox due date been added for Mac yet? or if not, will it be added?

Although due dates are on the radar for Evernote, and I don't know for sure what form they'll take, my impression is that there will be one Due Date per note, just as there's one Created date and one Updated date. As there can be more than one checkbox per note, I don't think that the checkboxes will be tied explicitly to the Due date. Mind you that this is all speculative on my part.

~Jeff

[CalS 5,311]

To manage To-Do items I have created a Parent tag of Weeks and child tags for the Monday of any week I want a task or follow up to be done, for example 2010.11.29. When I create a To-Do box I assign the week tag. For a follow up I use an @Follow Up tag and a week tag.

When I open the Weeks parent tag I see the number of open items by week. Click on the week I get the specific notes that require attention. When the task is complete I click the to-to box and remove the week tag. When the week tag goes to 0, I delete it. That way only open items show up by week under Weeks.

Sounds harder than it is, but at the end of it all I have a quick reference of what needs to be done when and I can easily set future follow ups. Could have a tag by day I suppose, but I figure if I get it done in the week, life is good.

[jefito 5,598]

Yeah, right now it's all a bit of a do-it-yourself affair; with the addition of Due dates and the ability of the search grammar to deal with dates in the future, it'll probably still be DIY, but hopefully a little easier to manage.

~Jeff

[jbenson2 2,149]

Yeah, right now it's all a bit of a do-it-yourself affair; with the addition of Due dates and the ability of the search grammar to deal with dates in the future, it'll probably still be DIY, but hopefully a little easier to manage.

~Jeff

I sort of have a saved search for future searches: created:day

The drawback is that it includes today's notes, even notes I created earlier today.

But it is a quick way to see all the items I have scheduled in the future.

[motorwayne 0]

Gingo's does sounds like a lot.

I'm a typical user i guess:

Been using "Things" at the project software and EN as the storage software, and would like to have the best of both worlds.

Like the graphical nature of file storage in EN, an iPhone compatible app to match for on the go tasks, and ultimately a desktop interface to match.

Can anyone post a few screenshots of their setup to help?

Cheers

Wayne