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This must have come up, but couldn't find it in search. I'd like to set the default time for Start Date (default is always 12:00am) the same way we can for Due Date. Most days I'm up past midnight - I don't like to see all the next day's tasks ("check calendar", "take vitamin", "pack lunch") popping up while I'm still thinking about the day before. Setting the start time to 6:00am solves this, but I must do it manually for each new task. Allowing me to set a default time in Preferences (so that all Start Dates are set to 6:00am) would save me a lot of work! - thanks
 
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Curt
 
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I agree that this would be a great feature, I prefer that most of my start times kick off from 8am - it would save me a reasonable amount of time if it were possible to have that as the default time.
 
I'm in the same boat. I have to manually configure every start date or else my phone will randomly chime at mid night on some nights.
 
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Curt
 
I think I've requested this feature for the Data Preference before, but wanted to be sure. Please mirror the option for a "Default Time for Due Dates" with a "Default time for Start Dates" option. In my case, the default of midnight is a bad time for reminders.

Or is there a "defaults write…" option that would allow me to change my Default time for Start Dates?

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In the meanwhile, if you want to check that there are no midnight starts, you can do a search and replace with applescript.

Something like this, for example:

Code:
-- Find and replace start dates
-- Edit properties below (integers in range 0 - 24 for hours, 0 - 60 for minutes)

property pFindHours : 0
property pFindMins : 0

property pReplaceHours : 6 -- Desired start (hours)
property pReplaceMins : 0 -- Desired start (mins)

on run
	tell application id "com.omnigroup.omnifocus"
		tell default document
			set lstTasks to (flattened tasks where start date is not missing value)
			set lngChanges to 0
			repeat with i from 1 to length of lstTasks
				set dteStart to start date of item i of lstTasks
				tell dteStart
					if (its hours = pFindHours and its minutes = pFindMins) then
						set {its hours, its minutes} to {pReplaceHours, pReplaceMins}
						set start date of item i of lstTasks to dteStart
						set lngChanges to lngChanges + 1
					end if
				end tell
			end repeat
		end tell
	end tell
	
	display dialog (lngChanges as string) & " start dates changed from  " & PadNum(pFindHours, 2) & ":" & PadNum(pFindMins, 2) & ¬
		" to " & PadNum(pReplaceHours, 2) & ":" & PadNum(pReplaceMins, 2) with title "Find & Replace Start Time"
end run

on PadNum(lngNum, lngDigits)
	set strNum to lngNum as string
	set lngGap to (lngDigits - (length of strNum))
	repeat while lngGap > 0
		set strNum to "0" & strNum
		set lngGap to lngGap - 1
	end repeat
	strNum
end PadNum
 
This is a fine example of the two-minute rule in GTD processing. I read the thread, clipped the thread to my OmniFocus inbox and put it in my Applescripts project, thinking it would be an easy project to write a script that let you adjust the start time of a bunch of actions. Rob looked at the request, thought to himself "I can type a script to adjust the start time of a bunch of actions in less than two minutes" and did it immediately :-)
 
Thanks RobTrew, works great.
 
Thank you for this script.
 
 


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