Dates in Todoist can sometimes be a bit confusing. Here you will find a complete overview of the date formats and the ways of using dates in Todoist.

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Schedule- Set the duration of the task. Get things off your head and have the Todoist bot do the work for you. Make the greatest use of the Todoist bot by bringing up your everyday tasks and projects to Cliq. Mentioned below are a couple of bot menu actions that the Todoist bot can offer. Quick Tip: You can set a custom event duration from Todoist on a task by task basis by typing something like 80m into the task name. When you save the task, “80m” will be removed from the task name and a new Google Calendar event will be created with a duration of 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Note: I recommend to bookmark this post so that you can easily find it when you are struggling with dates in Todoist.

How to set dates in Todoist

You can set dates in Todoist using the calendar/date selector, or by using natural language.

Todoist will automatically recognize and add due dates as you type them into a task name. This feature is called Smart date recognition. You can turn this feature on or off by going to Settings / General / Smart date recognition.

Disabling Smart date recognition for a single task

Sometimes, Todoist’s Smart date recognition can be a source of irritation. Let’s say the task is “Finish monthly expense report” By the time you type “Finish mon” Todoist will have interpreted this as a task named “Finish” that is due on Monday. To avoid this, press backspace or delete on your keyboard, or tap the highlighted word on your phone or tablet.

Natural language formats

Relative dates

Specific dates

Specific days

Recurring due dates in Todoist

The only way to set recurring due dates in Todoist is by using natural language. I’m tempted to say that your imagination is the limit but to make it easy to get started, I have made some tables below.

Relative numbers

The use of ! (exclamation mark)

Thanks to the tip from Keith in the comment section, I can list a very useful function that was unknown to me: The format Every! will calculate the next occurrence from when you complete the task. Meaning that if you complete the task later than on the first due date, the next occurrence will be calculated from when you completed the previous task.

Specific dates and days

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Setting start dates for non-recurring tasks in Todoist

Start dates for non-recurring tasks are actually not supported in Todoist. The dates above are all due dates. You have three options to get around this:

1. Register the start date as the due date. When the task shows up, use the every day until <due date> to make the task repeat until the desired due date.
2. Register the task with due date every day from <start date> to <due date> .
3. Register the task with a due date and set a reminder for the start date.

Start and end dates for recurring tasks in Todoist

Set due dates in Todoist with Smart Schedule

The Smart Schedule function in Todoist is an AI-based function that helps you schedule or re-schedule your tasks. It learns over time, making better and better predictions. To learn more about the Todoist Smart Schedule function, visit this help article from Todoist.

Dates in Todoist filters

For a complete overview of how to make filters in Todoist, please visit the below blog post.

The ultimate guide to Todoist filters

Date formats

• Given date: 15.01.2017
• Given date US format: 01/15/2017, Jan 15th
• Given date and time: 15.01.2017 16:00
• Given date and time US format: 01/15/2017 4 pm, Jan 15th 4 pm
• Relative date: yesterday, today, tomorrow
• Due Date: 2 days (due in the next two days), -2 days, (due in the past two days)
• Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Creation dates

• created:
• created before:
• created after:

Due dates

• due:
• due before:
• due after:
• next X days
• overdue
• recurring
• no date

Filtering on Creation dates

Filtering on Due dates

Manage your Tasks and Projects effortlessly with the Todoist integration for Cliq!

Feel deluged by your daily tasks? Disappointed when you don't make progress on an important project? Want a single application to organize your tasks and projects? Then task management using Todoist is the key. Get to view the list of all Tasks and Projects, review your progress regularly, attach files you need and, work effectively using the Todoist integration for Cliq.

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Getting Started

Collaborate easily with your team and be constantly updated of your day-to-day tasks by installing this extension to either your entire organization or to a specific team in Cliq. To install this extension,

1. Click on the Extensions icon on the top bar followed by the Marketplace.
2. In Zoho Marketplace, check for Todoist and click on the Install button.
3. Agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and click on Install.

Configure the Todoist extension either to the entire organization or to a dedicated team in Cliq.

Entire organization

Select this option to install the extension to the entire organization.

Specific team only

Pick this option to install the extension to a dedicated team in Cliq.

NOTE: Only Admin of the organization can install an extension for the entire organization whereas members of the organization can install the extension to a dedicated team in Cliq.

Set goals and track your productivity using the Todoist Bot

Upon installing this extension from the Marketplace you'd be notified (Only if you are the Admin of the organization who installs this extension) about the bots utility.

If you are a member in the organization where this extension is installed, subscribe to the bot to make an ideal use of it. To subscribe,

1. Click on the + (Quick plus) icon against the Bots on the left hand side panel.
2. Look out for the Todoist bot hover on it and click on the Subscribe button.

How to create a Todoist Task in Cliq?

Create a task from within the Cliq window and accelerate your task management functionality without having to leave a conversation in Cliq. To do this,

1. Hover on any message in a conversation and click on Actions (3 dots) followed by More.
2. Now, select the Add Task option to add a task right away in Todoist from within Cliq.

You can also add a task using the bots sub action- Add Task. All that you have to do is,

1. Click on the bots menu action-Tasks followed by Add Task.
2. Now plug-in the form that pops up with the required details given below and click on the Add Task button.

Todoist Task Duration Calculator

Task Name - Set the name of the task that you want to include in a project.
Project- Expand the drop down and select the project from the list of all projects available to add your task.
Priority- Mark the importance of a task as Very Urgent, Urgent, Important or Natural.
Schedule- Set the duration of the task.

Get things off your head and have the Todoist bot do the work for you

Make the greatest use of the Todoist bot by bringing up your everyday tasks and projects to Cliq. Mentioned below are a couple of bot menu actions that the Todoist bot can offer.

1. Tasks
2. Projects

Trace down the whole list of your projects in Todoist

A single task is always not sufficient. Let's say you are working on a marketing platform. You'd have a lot of details fitting to a single subject. To formulate humongous goals, put together all of the tasks into a single Project and get to view them on Cliq using the bots menu action-Projects.

Todoist Task Dependencies

To view the list of all projects in Todoist,

1. Click on the bots menu action- Projects.
2. This pulls up the list of all projects available with an option to view the tasks related to a project and view the comments associated with a project.

NOTE: You can update the project details, view comments associated and close a project only if you hold a premium account in Todoist.

Keep an eye on your Tasks in Todoist and manage them on Cliq

As you add more and more tasks, it becomes tough to organize and what to work on first. To resolve this bring up tasks from Todoist and view them in Cliq by,

1. Clicking on the bots menu action-Tasks and click on either All Tasks (To pull up the list of all tasks in Todoist) or Today's Tasks (To pull up the list of tasks scheduled for the day)
2. This pulls up the list of tasks with an option to Close (Mark a task as complete) and View (To view the task details).
3. To view the list of all tasks in Todoist, execute the /todoist command in the chat composer.
4. Additionally, to view the list of all tasks scheduled for the day, execute the slash command /todoist followed by today.

Todoist Task Duration Table

Now that you know how the Todoist integration for Cliq works, organize your Tasks and Projects and get your work done in a Cliq. To install this extension to either your entire organization or to a specific team, click on the Install button given below.