Defer and Due dates being reset to year 2000

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#1

Today I noticed that when I set a defer or due date the year is being reset from 2019 to 2000. This happens whether I type in a date or select it from the date picker.

Any ideas?

#2

I’m very sorry for the trouble! My advice would be to contact our support humans at omnifocus@omnigroup.com, so we can investigate in depth.

Your date formatting preferences in System Preferences can affect how dates are interpreted, but it’s hard to know if that’s the issue without digging into details.

#3

Thanks for the reply Ken, which has identified the problem. 😀

I use OmniPlan and had set the system Short Date format to just day and month (12Nov) so I could get the dates to fit on a Gantt view. Resetting the Short Date format back to the default and OF dates are working again.

I had emailed support earlier today when I noticed the “problem” was messing up Due and Defer dates for existing actions as well. I will let them know you have identified the problem. Though I still think it worthwhile fixing/improving how OF handles dates when a custom date format is set.

Thanks again.

#4

In OmniPlan’s Display Preferences, you can adjust the date format it uses without affecting your whole system.

Hope this helps!

Definitely. Thanks for following up with those details!

#5

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