Soft Dates

In Astrid, Priority is the soft date: = this week, = next week, = this month, = later. If the task far in the future, use Someday/Maybe.

Hard Dates

In Astrid, Due Date (the When field) is the hard date. Click on the field next to When, then click a date in the calendar pop-up. To remove a hard date, click When, then click the small gray X that appears at the end.

Deadline Dates

Enter deadline dates right after the task name and/or project name. There, they advise but do not control you, like this: Factory Proposal (4/30) / Verify funding (4/23) The “Verify funding” step has a hard deadline of 4/23 or the final project deadline...

Someday/Maybe

Schedule a task to be done “someday.” (In Astrid, assign to the SM list.)

Someday/Maybe

Astrid uses the special “SM” list as Someday/Maybe. Assign that to a task and it will stay in your Someday/Maybe list until you remove that context.