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Due dates and ASAP tasks

There are roughly two kinds of people: those who love to set a due date and those who hate seeing “overdue” list by the end of the day. We belong to the second group. Plan approximately, do as much as you can, don’t regret what’s beyond your capabilities.
But still, it is handy to have a shortlist of high priority tasks which should be completed as soon as possible. This prompted the solution: due dates for those who know the exact date, ASAP tasks for those who don’t.

dd is a new simple keyboard shortcut for setting (or clearing) a due date for a task. Press dd and select a date in the dialog window:
td and tm shortcuts will save you time - they set due date for today and tomorrow.
cd will clear due date, just two key presses, no dialog windows needed.

as shortcut will set the ASAP due (due with no definite date).
Run through your lists and put on your plate all you need to do in the first place - tomorrow if not today. Then open the Due tab on the index page, and see all ASAP tasks grouped on a single page. ASAP tasks are also included into the daily due notifications email.

But dialog window and keyboard shortcuts are not the only options. If a task ends with today, tomorrow, asap or 19 Jan, 2010 (see all supported date formats), Checkvist will automatically transform the word into due date:

Don’t want this? End a task with the dot to keep Checkvist smart syntax at bay.

PRO users can subscribe to daily notification email which will include all overdue, due today, tomorrow and ASAP tasks. Select a checklist you want to watch on your Profile -> Notifications tab or click the email icon on the right side of the toolbar on any checklist page.

And now - let’s go planning! As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, and - who knows! - bug reports.