# Dynamic due date for tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** workflows, tasks\ **Created:** [March 9, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917 "2021-03-09T19:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kidomu](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kidomu/32/74736_2.png) [@Kidomu](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Kidomu)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/1 "2021-03-09T19:21:01Z")
Currently, a due date for a task can be set to a specific date or a set number of days from task creation. Suggestion: allow task due date to be set in relation to a date property on an associated record Example use case: use a deal-based workflow to create tasks for deals that needs to be set in relation to the deal close date (e.g. a certain number of days beforehand) ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_demier](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/andrea_demier/32/9140_2.png) [@Andrea\_demier](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Andrea_demier)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/2 "2021-05-18T10:15:01Z")
I’d like to give another example: One of out pipelines has a “status” called “meeting arranged”. It would be great that when a ticket falls into this status, it creates a task with the due date pulled from a property called “meeting date”. ---
**Author:** ![YiRui\_Chua](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/yirui_chua/32/23766_2.png) [@YiRui\_Chua](https://community.hubspot.com/u/YiRui_Chua)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/3 "2021-07-16T06:21:35Z")
Hi team, Commenting for a customer here. Agree that having this will be helpful; often times, the task due date is tagged to an object, be it contact record or deal record. Giving an example, having the task due date 1 day before the close date of a deal record will be hugely beneficial to our customers. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![SBaker8](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sbaker8/32/102498_2.png) [@SBaker8](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SBaker8)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/4 "2021-08-26T13:48:28Z")
I also am having difficulty setting appropriate due dates for tasks. Specifically, I would like to create a task to prep presentation materials (we personalize our demos) for a meeting schedule through HubSpot. It would be helpful to be able to chose the “date of last meeting booked in meetings tool” as the due date - or otherwise “link” it to the scheduled meeting. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Olivia\_Englert](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/olivia_englert/32/76793_2.png) [@Olivia\_Englert](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Olivia_Englert)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/5 "2021-11-05T22:41:50Z")
Agree! We would like to create a task to be due based on the meeting activity date ---
**Author:** ![JHagedooren](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jhagedooren/32/27089_2.png) [@JHagedooren](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JHagedooren)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/6 "2022-05-04T08:28:25Z")
YEs I would love to create a task a specific number of days prior to meeting start (To confirm the meeting for example) or specific number of days after meeting start ---
**Author:** ![STeam299](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@STeam299](https://community.hubspot.com/u/STeam299)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/7 "2022-06-03T17:17:23Z")
This is so necessary and another reason hubspot falls short compared to competitors. I am finding horrific small details the more I use this system. What do we need to do to get more attention on this? ---
**Author:** ![MWilliams3](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mwilliams3/32/195286_2.png) [@MWilliams3](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MWilliams3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/8 "2022-06-17T22:59:00Z")
More bog standard functionality missing, I’m regretting moving from Infusionsoft / Keap at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![M\_Kaufman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@M\_Kaufman](https://community.hubspot.com/u/M_Kaufman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/9 "2022-07-21T13:00:53Z")
My example of how this would be useful: Our sales process includes a consultation. There are tasks related to the consultation that need to be created and assigned once a consultation date is known. Basing tasks around the consultation date would be incredibly useful. Currently, this is a manual process. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Vynnyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Leo\_Vynnyk](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Leo_Vynnyk)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/10 "2022-07-25T20:24:29Z")
Surprised this is still not added.. We have a “contact later” stage with a custom “contact later date” property. Impossible to create a workflow to send a task to the deal owner when the “contact later date” is due.. ---
**Author:** ![jnrkmdhs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jnrkmdhs](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnrkmdhs)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/11 "2022-08-04T07:56:24Z")
As many others here I was surprised to find this is not supported. This is absolutely needed for workflow creation to be as useful as it could/should be. ---
**Author:** ![jennings](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jennings/32/48165_2.png) [@jennings](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jennings)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/12 "2022-08-28T18:47:42Z")
This is for sure critical functionality. Not having this causes all kinds of messy workarounds, including creating tasks to update the date on another task. ---
**Author:** ![KKeyser](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kkeyser/32/9140_2.png) [@KKeyser](https://community.hubspot.com/u/KKeyser)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/13 "2022-09-10T02:50:13Z")
I’d also be very grateful to have this added. We would use this for creating tasks that must be done before known date properties on a deal, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![foggypalms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@foggypalms](https://community.hubspot.com/u/foggypalms)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/14 "2022-09-15T20:13:03Z")
I think I found a decent workaround. Instead of trying to set the due date of the task to a certain field, you can use **Delay until a date** in your workflow and set that delay to the _Deal date property_ that you want. Put that delay between the previous step in the workflow and a new task with a due date of _immediately_. ![Screen Shot 2022-09-15 at 13.12.22.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/c/7c9a4b811cbed497bd781ed54e03ec5a8a76ea9b.png) ---
**Author:** ![RebeccaAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@RebeccaAM](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RebeccaAM)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/15 "2022-10-14T17:17:03Z")
This would be extremely helpful. We have properties to track when various activities happen. For example, when a client is panning to complete a project. The ability to automate a follow up based on when the project happens creates would be extremely helpful! I’m honestly surprised this idea has been here over a year and it hasn’t gotten more attention. I don’t write code, but I feel like this would be a fairly simple option to add. ---
**Author:** ![ABeian](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/abeian/32/69814_2.png) [@ABeian](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ABeian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/16 "2023-06-21T08:18:37Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![bmsfox](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bmsfox/32/18027_2.png) [@bmsfox](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bmsfox)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/17 "2023-06-28T02:30:53Z")
I would like to create a task in a workflow and set the due date/time to be in hours from the trigger time. For example, a Deal is assigned to a Sales Rep, create task with a due date in 1 hour. ---
**Author:** ![ThaisCampbell](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/thaiscampbell/32/95016_2.png) [@ThaisCampbell](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ThaisCampbell)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/18 "2023-08-23T17:50:11Z")
+1! It would be great to have more options. For example, set the due date for 15 minutes after the task is created. ---
**Author:** ![MMcBride1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@MMcBride1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MMcBride1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/19 "2023-10-13T19:44:57Z")
I agree. I know a workflow can automatically create a task at a time that is based on the close date. However, we would like the workflows to create tasks upon switching to a new deal stage and have the due dates dependent on the close date. In other words, we want to see all the tasks that need to be completed during a deal stage, and the task due dates to be based on a property field. One reason we want to see the tasks that will be due, is because we may need to add notes to upcoming tasks. Therefore, the tasks need to be created upon switching deal stages and there would need to be a feature allowing the task due dates to be dependent on the close date. E.g. task is created upon changing deal stages to “Under Contract” and a task is immediately created that has a due date of 7 days before the close date. ---
**Author:** ![YNolwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@YNolwen](https://community.hubspot.com/u/YNolwen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917/20 "2023-11-20T13:39:57Z")
It’s so basic today to have the ability to use dynamic date properties to perform actions like task creation, or sending emails based on dynamic date properties. Active Campaign has been doing this for over 4 years and is three times less expensive. Please, we absolutely need this feature to make our strategies even more powerful. Just go on Active Campaign and copy what they do, it’s perfect for ULTRA personnalize marketing [Next page](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dynamic-due-date-for-tasks/32917.md?page=2)