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Bug where things are auto-sheduled by parsed text

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MarcusRiedner 03/20/2014 14:25

Platform:Mac ProVersion:4.0.3

I use Doit for my business and discovered this really odd bug (it is actually a feature that has rare buggy situations). One of my clients is named "Jan". When ever I include her name in a task from the inbox that task is auto scheduled for the next January in the calendar year.

For example, if I write a task in the inbox:

Call Jan about working in her yard.

The task appears in the 2015 January task, NOT in the tasks inbox.

When I add it to 'today' or 'next' this does not happen.

wendy_only post on 03/21/2014 02:29#1

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@MarcusRiedner
Hi,

"Jan" is short for "January". So in Smart Add,it will think that you want to add a task which starts on January automatically. Do you want to make this feature off? We need to improve this.

Best regards,
Doit.im Team
JDavidCarr post on 03/25/2014 22:33#2

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Wendy, this goes back to my suggestion that we make a toggle turning smart dates on/off from within preferences.

Or Marcus can work with his client to pursue a legal name change. Though I recommend she not change her name to May or June.
wendy_only post on 03/26/2014 06:25#3

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@JDavidCarr
Hi,

We are considering your suggestion to make a toggle turning smart dates on/off from within preferences now.
Jgoldman post on 03/27/2014 01:40#4

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I had the same problem where I want a task to say "The deadline for x is dd/mm, and it use that date automatically.
I propose that in addition to toggling smart dates in preferences, you allow the use of "" to ignore smart dates.
So:
Call Larry about 7/11 -> Start the task on July 11
Call Larry about "7/11" -> Call Larry about (the store named) 7/11
wendy_only post on 03/27/2014 06:48#5

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@Jgoldman
Hi,

Thank you for your suggestion. We will consider it seriously.