Start Dates: Newbie help.

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@anon23352771,

I think the answer I just posted to your other question about Due dates has some valuable suggestions related to this question too, so please see:

How to Defer Dates

@scottjohnson, Your issues are all address in my article here: https://medium.com/asana-consulting-trilogi-solutions/your-simple-or-advanced-strategy-for-asanas-updated-my-tasks-8e45e304fc3a That covers an updated version of My Tasks Asana released several years after your post! @anon23352771, I totally agree with you, and I strongly recommend to make a different distinction in setting Due dates, as described in my Forum Leaders Tip here: https://forum.asana.com/t/use-due-dates-differently-i…

In addition, you might want to vote for this request too:

Offer (for Starter/Premium and above) a new rule "Start/Due date is approaching . . ." to trigger based on the earlier of Start date or Due date

The new My Tasks v2 rule “Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” only triggers based on the Due date, not the Start date if one is present. Please add (for Premium and above–that is, wherever Start date is available) a new rule: “Start/Due date is approaching → Move task to a certain section” and consider the Start date, if present, as the date to consider for this rule to fire, otherwise, the Due date if no Start date is present. I believe most will want this behavior and f…

Thanks,

Larry