Four fixed offsets cover the bulk of usage; a custom field plus a minutes/hours/days Select covers everything else, so '2 hours and 37 minutes before' is a legitimate answer. A receipt card states both moments and the gap between them in words, and flashes when the offset changes.
Also called: reminder offset · remind me before · 30 min before · custom lead time
- 1remind_at is computed as the due moment minus the effective offset and sent as a real ISO timestamp.
- 2The custom field wins when filled; chips otherwise.
- 3offsetLabel renders any minute count as words: '1 day 2 hours 30 min before'.
The composer records the reason for splitting them: “'when is this due' and 'when do you want the nudge' are different questions, and conflating them is why nobody trusted the old field.” The receipt is aimed at 'someone who has never used a task tool in their life'.
- A single date field that meant two different things
- No way to express an unusual lead time
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