Make the default start time for tasks configurable

3 votes

When I use natural language (i.e. "today", "tomorrow") to add a start time to a task, the time always defaults to 9:00 am. I would like this to be configurable because my work day starts a bit later.

Under consideration effort-low tasks Suggested by: Matthew Cobbs (19 Aug, '22) • Upvoted: 26 Jul, '23 • Comments: 4

Comments: 4

22 Aug, '22
Matthew Cobbs
An alternative fix here would be reading the time from the date string. e.g.:
- "tomorrow at 10am"
- "next tuesday at noon"
23 Aug, '22
Lucian Admin
@Matthew, this is already possible. Have you tried entering natural language that describes dates in the task description?
23 Aug, '22
Matthew Cobbs
@Lucian, i've tried a few variations (with the !start shortcut) and the time is always set to 9:00 am.

Attempt -> Result

- "Today at 6pm" -> Today, Aug 23 9:00 am
- "Today at 6" -> Today, Aug 23 9:00 am
- "Today @ 6pm" -> Today, Aug 23 9:00 am
- "Today at 6:00pm" -> Today, Aug 23 9:00 am
24 Aug, '22
Lucian Admin
Have you tried entering these directly in the task's description? That is, without using the "!start" command?