# Set a due date or repeat a task

Under When, a task is due on a date, a time after the person starts, a time before they leave, or never. Turn on Repeat this task to open the next one each time it is completed.

## Choose when a task is due

1. Open the task and click “Edit”, or create a new one.
2. Under “When”, choose one of the four options:
   - “On a date”: pick the “Due date”.
   - “After they start”: pick a time in “Onboarding timeframe”.
   - “Before they leave”: pick a time in “Offboarding timeframe”.
   - “No date”: the task stays open until someone completes it.
3. Click “Save changes”, or “Create task” for a new task.

With “After they start” or “Before they leave”, Skileo works out the date for each person from their own start or leaving date. This is useful for the same task given to several people.

To change only the date, open the task's page, click the value under “Due” at the top, change it and click “Save”.

## Late tasks

A task is late when its due date has passed and it isn't completed yet. It shows “Late” in red in the list, and the task's page says how many days late it is. A completed task is never late.

On the board grouped by “Due date”, late tasks are in the “Overdue” column, and the tasks due within a week in “Next 7 days”.

## Repeat a task

1. Open the task and click “Edit”.
2. Under “When”, turn on “Repeat this task”.
3. In “Repeat”, choose how often: every day, week, month or year.
   - Weekly: choose the days in “Weekly schedule”.
   - Monthly: choose the “Day” and the months in “Monthly schedule”.
4. Click “Save changes”.

When someone completes a repeating task, Skileo opens the next one right away, with the next due date in the schedule. The completed task stays in the completed tasks and no longer repeats.

> **Note**
> Nothing is created in advance. The next task only appears once the current one is completed.


## Common questions

### Can a task have no due date?

Yes. Choose “No date”. The task is never late and stays open until someone completes it.

### How do I stop a task from repeating?

Edit the task, turn off “Repeat this task” and save. The task stays as it is, without a next one.

### I reopened a repeating task. Is a new one created again when I complete it?

No. Completing a repeating task already opened the next one, and the completed task no longer repeats. To repeat it again, edit it and turn on “Repeat this task”.

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https://www.skileo.com/help/en/task-due-dates · Updated: 2026-11-01