411846 - New Task with Due Date does not show in Month View unless Recurring Rule or Alarm Set

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 349529

(Calendar :: Tasks, defect)

Description

[Steve]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12pre) Gecko/20080110 Calendar/0.8pre

On Multiweek and Month Views a new task with only the Due Date set and without a recurring rule or alarm does not show until a recurring rule or alarm is set.  Task will continue to show if the rule or alarm is removed.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Turn on the 'Tasks in View' option if it isn't already.
Add a New Task.
Set the Due Date but NOT the Start Date
Do NOT set a recurring rule or an alarm
Save the Task.  The new task will not show in the calendar view.

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Now edit the task that was just added.
Set a recurring rule or an alarm (or both)
Save the Task.  The task is now visible in the calendar view.

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Edit the task again and remove the recurring rule and alarm
Save the Task.  It is still visible in the calendar view.



Expected Results:  
A Task will display in the calendar view regardless of alarm or recurring rule status as long as the 'Tasks in View' option is selected

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

With only due date the task is not displayed in view -> Bug 349529. Adding recurrence rule or alarm forces a start date to be set on the task -> task is visible. Removing the recurrence rule or alarm will not remove the start date -> task is still visible.