Can I have a reoccuring task that does not enter a due date?

[Grant]

Hi,
I have a task that I want to do regularly, but not strictly on any particular day, or number of days after completing an occurance.  This means i do not want a due date set, I just want the task to regenerate and let me decide what day I do it without entering a due date.  Right now, if I am not mistaken, all reoccuring tasks are forced to have a  (start and) duedate.   Am I not seeing the option I want?
Thanks
Grant

[Dwight]

Hi, Grant.  A recurring task must have a due date and a start date but that doesn't have to get in your way.

One way of thinking about these dates is they show when you actually plan to work on the task. But another way of thinking about it is that the dates show when the task could possibly be done. In this approach,   start date is the earliest date on which the task could be done,  and the due date is the date after which the task can no longer be done.

So, consider setting up your task so that each time it reoccurs,  the start date will be the current date and the due date is about 20 years in the future. You could do this by setting up a weekly reocurrence pattern where the task reoccure 1040 weeks after it is completed with lead time locked and set to 2040 weeks. Then, whenever you complete the task it will be reset to say that you cannot have your next execution of this task any earlier than today and you can do it anytime in the next 20 years.
-Dwight
Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2

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[Grant]

Thanks for taking the time to reply Dewight.

Your method will probably work, but I personally do not like to use ´work-arounds´ if possible.   In the world of GTD, with MLO stives to emulate, we should not assign hard dates to tasks that do not need them.  Another way to look at it is ´is this something I must enter in a calandar in order to do it right?'.  For some, maybe most, re-occuring tasks a hard data is necessary.  But in many cases (eg. Read a chapter in my current fiction book) its not so important if I do it in one day, or three, so I do not want to put a hard date in a calendar.

I think MLO should strive to match this philosophy using its standard model and resulting functionality.  Thus, I guess I owe it to the greater cause to go enter this in the ´new feature´ requests.  

Again, thanks for letting me know I am not missing some standard way to do it, and giving me a way to do it anyways, if I really want to.

Cheers,

Grant

[Joel Azaria]

Agreed.