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mgerity
May 16, 2022Brass Contributor
Feature Request: Add Start Date field
Using To Do to work with Outlook tasks is a HUGE problem because To Do has bafflingly omitted the Start Date field. Outlook has Start Dates. Todoist does. Microsoft's Planner does. In fact, every...
lbihlmayer
Aug 24, 2026Copper Contributor
Now that To Do has basically replaced the classic Outlook tasks view by tightly integrating the To Do UI into the new Outlook version, this limitation is really disappointing.
It creates the odd situation that the underlying Exchange task object can contain a Start Date, but the New Outlook / To Do UI does not provide a way to view or edit it.
It is documented officially here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/todo/using-microsoft-to-do-with-outlook-tasks
Can we get an estimation from Microsoft when this feature will be implemented in the new UI as well?
It seems to be "just" a UI issue, since the underlying Exchange task object support the property.