Tasks don't track a started_date field

Tasks currently have date fields for tracking when they were created, due, and done, but not for when the task was started. I'm working on a stand-alone report generator that queries the db and prepares a report for a given start-end date, showing which tasks were created or completed during that period, but I currently can't produce a section in the report for tasks I started on during that time.

This report will be particularly useful for me when I'm preparing for weekly team meetings, but without that started_date field, I'm going to have to find a workaround. I'll probably create a simple mod to my version of the source that posts a [Started: YYYY-mm-dd] note to the bottom of the description field whenever a task is marked started, and then parse through the description field looking for those tags in my report generator. But it would be way easier (and more consistent) if that info was just available in a field like the other dates.

This is a good idea :+1:. It would require a new field in the task table, but that is not too complicated. I don't really have time to work on it right now, would you be interested in giving it a try?

Funny you should ask. I've already taken a look at the code and reached the same conclusion you did. I'll see if I can find some time to implement it.

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On Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 3:39 AM Aurélien Gâteau, [email protected] wrote:

This is a good idea 👍. It would require a new field in the task table, but that is not too complicated. I don't really have time to work on it right now, would you be interested in giving it a try?

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