# Ability to choose Calendar or Workdays for tasks.

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-choose-calendar-or-workdays-for-tasks/547356>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Tags:** productivity, tasks\
**Created:** [25 September 2023 04:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-choose-calendar-or-workdays-for-tasks/547356 "2023-09-25T04:56:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrea\_Mayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andrea_mayer/32/39226_2.png) [@Andrea\_Mayer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andrea_Mayer)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2023 05:37 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/ability-to-choose-calendar-or-workdays-for-tasks/547356/2 "2023-09-25T05:37:10Z")

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Hello @Sophie9,

here is an existing feedback request regarding this topic:

> [@Option to hide weekends in timeline](https://forum.asana.com/t/option-to-hide-weekends-in-timeline/18792):
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> Hi there! Great work on the timeline feature - really love its simplicity. One thing however seems over-simplified to me: There should be an option to hide weekends. If I plan a 5-(work)-day task that is supposed to start on Monday and end on Friday, and then my plan changes and I drag it to start on Wednesday, then it should (automatically) end on Tuesday, not Sunday. I understand this doesn’t fit every project - hence an option to enable this behavior. However, I think most companies need t…

And here is the one for task templates:

> [@Add "Skip weekends" feature in task templates.](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-skip-weekends-feature-in-task-templates/327328):
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> Functionality should mirror the “Skip Weekends” feature with project templates.

And here for project templates

> [@Skip weekends project template due dates](https://forum.asana.com/t/skip-weekends-project-template-due-dates/157699):
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> Is it possible to modify the Calendar to factor out weekends for a project that has weekends factored in?

And here for rules

> [@Rules to trigger due dates only in business days](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231):
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> I’ve set up some custom rules to change tasks due date to be due in X days based on priority, but this can have tasks due on a weekend. How do I change it so the rules are only looking at standard business days?

I recommend voting on the relevant feedback request threads.

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