Delete due date

[Susan Gmeiner]

How do you remove the due date from a task.  I can change the  due date but I cannot get rid of it. 

Susan

[Brian Ross]

The only way I have found to remove the due date on a task is to assign the task to a folder that contains an action to remove the due date.  See below for the attributes of the action:

 

Modify: <Date Due>
On assignment
None | Remove Date

 

Nothing else has worked for me.

 

Brian

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From: Susan Gmeiner [susan....@gmail.com]
Sent: June 26, 2023 01:07 PM
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Subject: RE: [ZOOT] Delete due date

How do you remove the due date from a task.  I can change the  due date but I cannot get rid of it. 

Susan

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[Tom Davis]

How do you remove the due date from a task. I can change the due date
but I cannot get rid of it.

Where are you trying to change the due date?

 

What happens if you click on the <Due Date> field, then delete the date and press ENTER?

Tom Davis
Zoot Software
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[Susan Gmeiner]

Thank you! This looks great but it isn't working for me.  I'm sure there is a reason.  Will try to figure it out.  

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[Tom Davis]

Two things to look into:

 

* Click the Related button on the toolbar (Alt+F6) to view the other folders to which an item is assigned.  Examine the folders to determine if any of them might have a folder action that is working on the <DueDate> field.

 

* Task databases typically have a "Find Date" folder that looks for a valid date in the SBJ of the item and adds that to the date field.  To see this folder, search the Folder Tree for "Find Date".  To search the folder tree, press Ctrl+Shift+T

Tom Davis
Zoot Software
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From: Susan Gmeiner [susan....@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 09:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOT] Delete due date

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[Susan Gmeiner]

Under the System folder I found a folder with a Find Date rule in it. I deleted it but still had the same problem.    Then I emptied the trash.     It is working now. 

 Thank you very much, Brian and Tom.

Susan

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[Susan Gmeiner]

It looks like GTD  folders also have to be turned off.  

[Tom Davis]

It looks like GTD folders also have to be turned off.

That shouldn't be the case.  If you delete a <DueDate> Zoot should assign the item to the Review GTD folder, which does not require a due date.

 

Actually, that's another way to get rid of a due date: 

 

Assign the item to the Review GTD folder.  The quickest way to do that is to press Alt+0  (zero).

[Tom Davis]

It looks like GTD folders also have to be turned off.

Another bit to add to the GTD discussion: 

 

You can turn on GTD folders and then hide all but the ones you want to use.  I have a bunch of databases in which I have just the Do Now folder visible.  That way I can use the Alt+1 key to add an item to the Do Now folder.

 

To hide folders in the tree, select the folders, then right-click and choose Tree | Hide Folder from the pop-up menu.

[Susan Gmeiner]

Thank you!   Alt+0  (zero) is great.

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