# start\_at is missing in new\_dates/old\_dates fields of the stories

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220>\
**Category:** API & Developers\
**Tags:** stories, tasks\
**Created:** [24 November 2021 14:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220 "2021-11-24T14:51:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lydia\_Bell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/lydia_bell/32/90086_2.png) [@Lydia\_Bell](https://forum.asana.com/u/Lydia_Bell)\
**Post date:** [24 November 2021 14:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220/1 "2021-11-24T14:51:37Z")

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Hi,

I have a task with a start date with a time, but the start\_at does not appear in the stories. The hour appears in the html\_text the start\_at field is missing.

Here is an extract of the answer :

…  
“html\_text”:“ **Lydia Bell** changed the date range to Nov 22, 10:30am - 23 11:30am”,  
“new\_dates”:  
{ “due\_on”:“2021-11-24”,  
“due\_at”:“2021-11-23T16:30:00.000Z”,  
“start\_on”:“2021-11-22”  
},  
“old\_dates”:  
{“due\_on”:“2021-11-24”,  
“due\_at”:“2021-11-23T16:30:00.000Z”,  
“start\_on”:“2021-11-22”  
}  
…

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**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:** [24 November 2021 19:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220/2 "2021-11-24T19:54:05Z")

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Hi @Lydia_Bell and welcome to the forum,

Good catch! `start_at` is very new, was just added a few weeks ago. Looks like perhaps it was missed in this endpoint, or maybe they just haven’t gotten around to adding it here yet.

@Andrew-asana can you comment?

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**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:** [24 November 2021 20:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220/3 "2021-11-24T20:06:59Z")

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@Lydia_Bell, see also @Frederic_Malenfant’s comment here:

> [@No more parsing story text! New fields on stories!](https://forum.asana.com/t/no-more-parsing-story-text-new-fields-on-stories/42924/20):
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> I think you should now change this: old\_dates and new\_dates - objects with the old/new values, containing: start\_on \*\*\* start\_at\*\* (new) due\_on due\_at It’s missing from the old\_dates and new\_dates, but we see the complete information in the stories.text.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 19:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/start-at-is-missing-in-new-dates-old-dates-fields-of-the-stories/144220/4 "2025-05-30T19:04:56Z")

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Closed on 30 May 2025 19:04 UTC