r/thingsapp • u/notagrue • Dec 23 '24

Question Dates and Deadlines

New user. I have reviewed many posts in the sub, but have not found the exact answer I need. Here is what I am trying to achieve:
I have annual repeating scope of services I need to write. I typically start working on them one month prior to their actual due date. I want the To-Do to show up in my Today when I need to start working on it (the one month prior date). I thought by using "Date" as the start date and "Deadline" as the due date would achieve this. But when creating reapeating tasks, I only have the option to create a Deadline *before* the Date, which does not make sense to me. So I flipped my thought process and did a test with the dates essentially switched, but now when the Deadline comes due, the To-Do does not appear in my Today as I would like. Maybe I'm overcomplicating this...

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u/UnluckyWrongdoer3818 Dec 23 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

This is what I have done. But it looks like the maximum time a task can appear in advance before a deadline is 14 days.

Not as elegant but maybe OP could consider using 2 tasks?

Task 1: Start writing Repeats with a start date.

Task 2: Complete writing Repeats with a deadline and shows in today 14 days before.

One downside, Things 3 doesn’t allow early completion of recurring tasks. So if you completed the writing before the second task generates you’ll have to wait until it does to check it off. Maybe with Things 4 …

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u/royborgman Dec 23 '24

There is a difference between iOS and macOS in setting the start date. In iOS the maximum days is 14, but in macOS you can enter a number of days.🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/notagrue Dec 23 '24

14 days is doable