<p>Due dates! So important, yet so easy to forget.</p>
<p>In Todoist, you can make sure you never miss a thing by adding due dates and/or times to your tasks. You can even create recurring or repeating due dates like “Send Mom a birthday card every July 19” and “Take out the recycling every other Wednesday”.</p>
<div class="box-note">We currently don’t support due dates in Czech and Turkish but we’re working on it and plan to add support for these languages in the future.</div>
<h2>How to set a due date</h2>
<p>The easiest way to add a due date on any platform – desktop, mobile, or web – is to simply type it into the task field along with your task name. The smart <a href="https://support.todoist.com/hc/articles/115001745265-Task-Quick-Add"> Quick Add</a> will automatically recognize the date, highlight it, and add it when you save the task.</p>
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<p>You can describe almost any kind of date using natural language –from a simple <em>tomorrow at 4 pm</em> to a super specific <a href="https://support.todoist.com/hc/articles/360000636289">repeating due date</a> like <em>every 3rd Tuesday starting Aug 29 ending in 6 months</em>.</p>
<div class="box-tip">Sometimes a date is part of a task name rather than a deadline. For example, for the task “Create monthly report”, “monthly” will automatically be highlighted as a due date. Just click or tap on the word to unhighlight it. You can also <a href="https://support.todoist.com/hc/articles/205989121">turn off automatic date recognition entirely. </a>
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<h2>Set a date using the scheduler</h2>
<p>You can also open the full task scheduler by clicking or tapping on the date field or calendar icon when adding or editing a task on any platform. From there, you’ll be able to manually pick a date from the calendar, or use any of our handy date shortcuts (for example, you could pick <strong>Tomorrow, Later this week</strong> or <strong>This weekend</strong>).</p>
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<p>To set a due time, click <strong>+ Add Time</strong> in the bottom left.</p>
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<p>To add or change the date of an existing task on a phone or tablet, simply swipe from right to left on the task. To set a due time, tap <strong>+ Add Time</strong> at the bottom left.</p>
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<img src="https://get.todoist.help/hc/article_attachments/115001918305/date-and-time-android-swipe.jpg" alt="date-and-time-android-swipe.jpg" width="600" data-screenframe=""> To add or change the date of an existing task on a phone or tablet, simply swipe from right to left on the task. To set a due time, tap the <strong>&gt;</strong> arrow in the bottom right and then tap <strong>+ Add Time</strong> at the bottom left.</div>
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<p>Sometimes, it’s good to know whether a date is already packed with tasks before you schedule a task. To see this, when rescheduling a task using the scheduler, simply type your new due date or select it from the calendar. You’ll see a preview of how many tasks are already booked on that date:</p>
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<h2>Some examples of date formats you can use</h2>
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<p>These are just a few of the dates and recurring due dates you can add. If you’re unsure if a particular date format will work, just type it into your task name using natural language to describe it. Chances are, Todoist will know what you mean.</p>
<h4>One-time due dates</h4>
<p>Type these natural language terms when adding a task in Todoist to schedule the task to the specified date.</p>
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<th>What Todoist understands:</th>
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<td><em>today</em></td>
<td>Today (<em>tod</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>tomorrow</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow (<em>tom</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>next week</em></td>
<td>The next Monday by default (this can be changed in your <strong>Settings</strong>)</td>
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<td><em>next month</em></td>
<td>On the same date, one month later</td>
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<td><em>jan 27</em></td>
<td>Jan 27 (<em>27 jan</em>, <em>27/1</em> also work)</td>
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<td><em>01/27/2023</em></td>
<td>January 27, 2023 (<em>27/01/2023</em>, <em>2023/01/27</em>, <em>2023-01-27</em> also work)</td>
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<td><em>27th</em></td>
<td>27th day of the current month</td>
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<td><em>mid January</em></td>
<td>January 15th</td>
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<td><em>end of month</em></td>
<td>Last day of the current month</td>
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<td><em>today at 10</em></td>
<td>Today at 10am</td>
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<td><em>tomorrow at 16:00</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow at 4pm</td>
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<td><em>Fri @ 7pm</em></td>
<td>Friday at 7pm (<em>Friday @ 7pm</em>,<em> Fri at 7pm</em>, <em>Fri at 1900</em>, <em>Fri at 19:00</em> also work)</td>
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<td><em>6pm</em></td>
<td>Today at 6pm (unless 6pm has passed, in which case tomorrow)</td>
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<td><em>in 5 days</em></td>
<td>5 days from today (<em>+5 days</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>in 3 weeks</em></td>
<td>3 weeks from today</td>
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<td><em>in 2 hours</em></td>
<td>2 hours from now</td>
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<td><em>in the morning</em></td>
<td>At 9am</td>
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<td><em>in the afternoon</em></td>
<td>At 12pm</td>
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<td><em>in the evening</em></td>
<td>At 7pm</td>
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<td><em>someday</em></td>
<td>Two months later</td>
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<td><em>no date</em></td>
<td>Useful for quick-adding a task when either the <a href="https://todoist.com/help/articles/how-to-plan-your-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Today View</a> or <a href="https://todoist.com/help/articles/plan-ahead-with-upcoming-view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Upcoming View</a> is active (both default to today's date), but you don't want to set a due date (<em>no due date</em> also works).</td>
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<td><em>later this week</em></td>
<td>Assigns a day later in the week. Changes dependent upon what day of the week it is upon the time of entry.</td>
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<td><em>Friday</em></td>
<td>The next Friday to occur</td>
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<td><em>next Friday</em></td>
<td>The second Friday to occur</td>
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<td><em>next weekend</em></td>
<td>The second-next Saturday to occur</td>
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<td><em>this weekend</em></td>
<td>The upcoming Saturday</td>
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<td><em>next year</em></td>
<td>Jan 1 of next year</td>
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<td><em>27/1</em></td>
<td>Jan 27</td>
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<td><em>3rd friday jan</em></td>
<td>Converts to the respective date of the third Friday in next January</td>
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<td><em>tom morning</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow at 9am (<em>tommorning</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>tom afternoon</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow at 12pm (<em>tomafternoon</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>tom evening</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow at 7pm (<em>tomevening</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>tom night</em></td>
<td>Tomorrow at 10pm (<em>tomnight</em> also works)</td>
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<td><em>50 days before new year's eve</em></td>
<td>11 November (this is particularly useful for setting <a href="https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/205348301-Reminders">Reminders</a>)</td>
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<td><em>6 weeks before 21 Jul</em></td>
<td>9 June</td>
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<td><em>28 days after 21 July</em></td>
<td>18 August</td>
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<h4>Recurring due dates</h4>
<p>When you need a task to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on whatever schedule you'd like, you can set a <strong>recurring due date</strong>. Click <a href="https://support.todoist.com/hc/articles/360000636289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to learn all about how to set recurring due dates like <em>daily</em>, <em>weekly or every 3 months</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Special thanks to our Todoist ambassador Leighton Price for providing some examples for this article.</em></p>
<h2>FAQ</h2>
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<h4>Is there a way to remove a due date using natural language?</h4>
<p>Yes. If you type <strong>no date</strong> or <strong>no due date</strong>, the due date will be removed when you add or update a task.</p>
<h4>Is it possible to change what day Todoist interprets as <em>Next week</em> or <em>This weekend</em>?</h4>
<p>Yes, you can do this in your account settings:</p>
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<li>Click <strong>your avatar</strong> in the top-right corner of Todoist.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Open the <strong>General </strong>tab.</li>
<li>Scroll down to the <em>Date &amp; time</em> section.</li>
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<li>Swipe up the bottom app bar to open the menu. </li>
<li>Tap the <strong>gear icon</strong> in the top-right corner to open <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Select <strong>General</strong>.</li>
<li>Scroll down to the <em>Date &amp; time</em> section.</li>
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<li>Tap the <strong>gear icon</strong> in the top-right corner.</li>
<li>Tap <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li>Select <strong>General</strong>.</li>
<li>Scroll down to the <em>Date &amp; time</em> section.</li>
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<h4>The due dates I type inline are not highlighted and recognized. What should I do?</h4>
<p>Please check if the <a href="https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/205989121" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smart Date recognition</a> feature is ON, by opening your <strong>Settings</strong> and going to the <strong>General</strong> tab.</p>
<h4>When rescheduling a task, I sometimes see different options. For example, sometimes I see the option <em>This weekend</em> and other times I see <em>Next weekend</em> instead. Why is that?</h4>
<p>When suggesting new dates for a task, the scheduler changes its suggestions based on factors such as the current day's date. For example, the option <em>This weekend</em> will only show up on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, whereas the option <em>Next weekend</em> will only show up on weekend days.</p>
<h4>What are the criteria for the color-coding in due dates?</h4>
<p>The due dates appear in the following colors: </p>
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<strong>Red</strong>: overdue tasks </li>
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<strong>Green</strong>: tasks due today</li>
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<strong>Brown</strong>: tasks due tomorrow</li>
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<strong>Purple</strong>: tasks due in the next 2-7 days</li>
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<strong>No color</strong>: tasks due in 8 days and onwards</li>
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