Time blocking

Daily Planning Timeline

Daily Planning Timeline is a time-blocking view in myDailyTasks that turns open activities into a visible half-hour schedule on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

myDailyTasks Daily Planning timeline on iPhone.

What it supports

  • The Daily Planning view shows configurable half-hour slots for the selected day and lets the same week be changed from the planning header.
  • Unscheduled activities sit in a tray, can be dragged into a time slot, and can be returned to the queue when the schedule changes.
  • Empty slots can create appointments or meetings with duration and recurrence, while Work Day autofill schedules open tasks from every tag associated with Work inside the configured work range.
  • Meal chips for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack can be dragged into the day without creating saved tasks first.
  • In the unreleased version 1.1 Build 11 candidate, scheduled cards reflect expected duration: tasks shorter than 30 minutes use a compact block, while longer tasks retain the larger standard presentation.
  • Expected durations use five-minute increments, and unused time in a partly occupied half-hour remains available for another task.
  • Task Queue cards show their scheduled date, using Today for the current date.
  • Returning a completed task to the Task Queue preserves its completion and selected date while clearing its timeline time and time-dependent reminder.
  • Completing a scheduled task early cancels its pending task reminder and removes it from pending summary and grouped Daily Planner alerts, while valid reminders for future recurring occurrences remain scheduled.
  • Move a saved task to another visible future date by dropping it on the date strip or choosing the date from its menu.
  • When one task spans several timeline blocks, choose whether to complete the selected block or the whole task.
  • Choose whether to show a local weather preview while planning your day.

Common questions about Daily Planning Timeline

What is Daily Planning?

Daily Planning is a time-blocking view that places open activities onto a visible half-hour schedule. You can drag tasks, appointments, and meal shortcuts into the day and adjust them as plans change.

Can myDailyTasks fill a work day automatically?

Yes. Populate Work Day places open tasks from every tag associated with Work into available weekday slots using the work hours configured in Settings and each task's priority.

Can I move a task to another day from Daily Planning?

Yes. Move a saved task to a visible future date by dropping it on the date strip or choosing the date from its menu. Ritual occurrences keep their original date.

Do short tasks look different from longer tasks?

Yes. Scheduled tasks shorter than 30 minutes use a compact timeline block, while longer tasks keep the larger standard presentation. Durations still change in five-minute increments.

Choose your starting point

Start with one day and build from there.

Preview Today for quick capture and your next tasks, or open Daily Planning to see how time blocking works.