# Set a second due date

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/set-a-second-due-date/60298>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Created:** [17 September 2019 07:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/set-a-second-due-date/60298 "2019-09-17T07:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Hudson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/mark_hudson/32/25597_2.png) [@Mark\_Hudson](https://forum.asana.com/u/Mark_Hudson)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2019 14:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/set-a-second-due-date/60298/4 "2019-09-17T14:00:04Z")

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Hey, @Caterina_Andolfato

I would love this too. There was an announcement last year about new custom field types, including a ‘date’ field. Unfortunately, it looks like it was shelved:

> [@New custom field types](https://forum.asana.com/t/new-custom-field-types/32244):
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> Edit: This post is now locked. The API and Developer Relations team at Asana do not have any timeline for new custom fields. When new information is available, a separate announcement will be made. Hi everyone, we have some exciting news! And you, our developers, are the first to hear it! Asana is creating three new custom field types! tada We know that custom fields are an important part of our API, so even though we don’t have an interface design to publish for you yet, we wanted to let you…

However, there’s still a product feedback thread here, if you want to add your vote:

> [@DATE - Custom Field Type](https://forum.asana.com/t/date-custom-field-type/1753):
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> What do you think about adding new field type “Date”? I’d like to have “Start Date” and “End Date” for tasks and currently I am using “Text” field for that which does not work well for 2 reasons: Inconsistency - date formats are written differently by team members. 13 April, 13/04, 13 april 2017… Inability to Sort By - text fields are general. That’s why you cannot really “Sort By” those fields. In case of Dates, you could sort tasks by Date. This point actually is linked to first point - cons…

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