# Rules to trigger due dates only in business days **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** considered\ **Created:** [19 December 2019 18:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231 "2019-12-19T18:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danielle\_Rainey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/danielle_rainey/32/46399_2.png) [@Danielle\_Rainey](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danielle_Rainey)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2019 18:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/1 "2019-12-19T18:42:30Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Grobler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/paul_grobler/32/100608_2.png) [@Paul\_Grobler](https://forum.asana.com/u/Paul_Grobler)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2019 14:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/2 "2019-12-20T14:26:46Z")
👋 Welcome to the community @Danielle_Rainey! I do not think this is currently possible, But I agree that this would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Natalia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/natalia/32/34795_2.png) [@Natalia](https://forum.asana.com/u/Natalia)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2019 16:20 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/3 "2019-12-20T16:20:20Z")
Welcome to the Forum @Danielle_Rainey and thank you for reaching out! As @Paul_Grobler mentioned, this is currently not possible. I also agree it would be very useful! I’m moving your post to the #productfeedback to allow other users to vote for this suggestion! I would suggest you to upvote it! 🙂 Please note I’ve slightly modified the title to make it more discoverable. I hope it’s OK Have a great Friday! ---
**Author:** ![Julie\_Gordon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/julie_gordon/32/46454_2.png) [@Julie\_Gordon](https://forum.asana.com/u/Julie_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2019 18:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/4 "2019-12-20T18:53:29Z")
agreed @Danielle_Rainey! being able to restrict workload and plan due dates to business days only would be great! right now it’s a lot of calendar checking and mental notes to work around this ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [21 December 2019 07:41 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/5 "2019-12-21T07:41:53Z")
Nice idea. I am working on a « coolest Asana rules » and I’ll add yours to the list! ---
**Author:** ![jonathon.frame](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jonathon.frame/32/47514_2.png) [@jonathon.frame](https://forum.asana.com/u/jonathon.frame)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2020 00:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/6 "2020-01-14T00:00:00Z")
I agree, a bit +1 from me here. It’s silly that we can create some automation to add due dates, but that it doesn’t calculate it in business days. Much as I love my job I’m not actioning work over the weekend. This ought to be an easy fix, so we hope to see it soon! ---
**Author:** ![Shaun\_OBrien](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Shaun\_OBrien](https://forum.asana.com/u/Shaun_OBrien)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2020 20:31 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/7 "2020-03-23T20:31:05Z")
Great Idea, yes please.! ---
**Author:** ![anon22931034](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon22931034](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon22931034)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2021 20:31 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/8 "2021-10-05T20:31:40Z")
+1 for this idea. We have SLOs from form submission that we track to which are based on business days. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_Loftis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/kim_loftis/32/91977_2.png) [@Kim\_Loftis](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kim_Loftis)\ **Post date:** [18 November 2021 15:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/9 "2021-11-18T15:56:54Z")
What did you make the title? I don’t know how to find what you posted to upvote. ---
**Author:** ![Alfonso\_Martinez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/alfonso_martinez/32/89547_2.png) [@Alfonso\_Martinez](https://forum.asana.com/u/Alfonso_Martinez)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2021 10:25 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/10 "2021-11-19T10:25:55Z")
Is there any updates on this topic? I’m also very interested in this 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2021 14:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/11 "2021-11-19T14:45:11Z")
Hi Kim, This is the thread you can upvote right here. Scroll to the top and click the purple “Vote” button. ---
**Author:** ![anon21100015](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon21100015](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon21100015)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2021 21:41 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/12 "2021-12-10T21:41:08Z")
Any status update on this? ---
**Author:** ![anon1588719](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon1588719](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon1588719)\ **Post date:** [21 December 2021 21:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/13 "2021-12-21T21:04:44Z")
Yes, we need this function… Any update on making this change ---
**Author:** ![Taylor\_Wallace](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Taylor\_Wallace](https://forum.asana.com/u/Taylor_Wallace)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2022 21:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/14 "2022-01-19T21:47:10Z")
Asana please add this feature ASAP. It’s silly that it is not an option already. We all only work business days. I have to manually change things constantly that I have rules set for. So why even have a rule? ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [20 January 2022 08:46 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/15 "2022-01-20T08:46:28Z")
Isn’t Business days something that depends on countries, with some countries working Sunday? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\ **Post date:** [21 January 2022 04:58 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/16 "2022-01-21T04:58:05Z")
> **[Workweek and weekend | Around the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend#Around_the_world)** > > The official government working week is Monday to Friday; 8 hours per day, except Friday which is 7 hours, and 39 hours in total per week. Official work hours run from 08:30 am to 05:30pm with 1 hour for lunch from 12:30pm to 01:30pm. On Friday, lunch hour runs from 2:00 am to 6:00 to allow Muslims attend to Friday prayers. Saturday and Sunday are public holidays. The private sector often follows different schedule with most of them often working on Saturdays. ---
**Author:** ![Katherine\_Zon\_Clavel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/katherine_zon_clavel/32/94318_2.png) [@Katherine\_Zon\_Clavel](https://forum.asana.com/u/Katherine_Zon_Clavel)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2022 20:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/17 "2022-02-03T20:13:45Z")
+1. Would love to see this implemented! ---
**Author:** ![anon27131970](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon27131970](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon27131970)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2022 14:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/18 "2022-02-23T14:45:22Z")
When adding a rule to reset work due date, it would be helpful to auto factor in weekends. Ex. if it takes 3 business days for our QA team to test a process, and it is sent to them on Thursday or Friday, a 3 day window is shortened to 1-2 business days. In the “Actions” tab for “Set a Due Date”, the only option is to set it for a particular number of days in the future. I did vote to add this feature. Just wondering if anyone has a work around suggestions. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bryan_teamkickstart/32/279726_2.png) [@Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bryan_TeamKickstart)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2022 15:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/19 "2022-02-23T15:07:23Z")
@anon27131970 - yes yes and a thousand times yes. Blocking weekends feature should be available throughout Asana. We need that so badly for me and most of my clients. In the meantime, there’s the option of using [Flowsana.net](http://Flowsana.net) (third-party add-on) that does a brilliant job of many automation features that Asana doesn’t yet support natively. If you have any questions, you can ping @Phil_Seeman (the founder and creator of Flowsana). ---
**Author:** ![anon27131970](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon27131970](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon27131970)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2022 15:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231/20 "2022-02-23T15:15:41Z")
@Bryan_TeamKickstart Thank you very much! I will research this. [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-trigger-due-dates-only-in-business-days/69231.md?page=2)