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  <title>Setting Task Start Date and Due Date</title>

<p>To set the start and due date for a task, from the <gui>Task Browser</gui>, right-click the task and select a date from the <gui>Set start date</gui> and <gui>Set due date</gui> options in the context menu. You can also set a task as recurring. See <link xref="gtg-recurring-task">Using Recurring/Repeating Task</link> for more information.</p>

<note style="tip"><p>You can also quickly set a task's start date to <em style="strong">tomorrow</em> by clicking the <gui>Start Tomorrow</gui> button in the main <gui>Headerbar</gui>. Click the down arrow next to the <gui>Start Tomorrow</gui> button to select a different start date.</p></note>

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  <title>Set Dates From <gui>Task Browser</gui></title>
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<p>To set the start and due date for a task that is already opened, click the <gui>Starts on</gui> and <gui>Due on</gui> fields and use the calendar.</p>

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<note style="tip"><p>For both of these fields, you can use <app>GTG's</app> natural date parsing syntax to set dates in a variety of formats. Dates can be literal (for example, "2020-04-20") or "fuzzy" (for example, "someday"). See <link xref="gtg-date-parsing">Using the Date and Keyword Parsing Syntax</link> for details.</p></note>


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