Can I create a reminder using a tag with a date in it?

DEVONthink
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I tag all my bills to be paid with the due date. Is there someway I can set up a reminder using this date?

Thanks to all.

JS

2

I tag all my bills to be paid with the due date.

So your tag is the date? In what format?

3

What kind of reminder/notification are you looking for?

I use a custom metadata tag: Task-DueDate
and my task list is refreshed each morning via Applescript
I could add a notification action

4

Thanks DT, I have a tag on my bills with the due date on it. I would like to see a daily routine run that sends me a message “Your Amex bill is due in 3 days”. I don’ know Apple script (maybe this is a good time to learn it. It can’ t be harder than Assembler Language or Cobol in the 60’s). Thanks for the response.

5

You are not required to use AppleScript for scripting, JavaScript works as well. And if you’re learning another language, JS might be a tad more useful since it’s available nearly everywhere (browsers, desktop, some apps like Drafts).

6

Do you have all your bills in one database?

7

Yes, and in one group “bills to be paid”. Each is tagged with a due date and an amount.

8

Brings back memories; I made a living as a COBOL programmer

Applescript is easier
Here’s the code I use to generate an email to myself

tell application "Mail"
		set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:false}
		tell theMessage
			make new to recipient with properties {name:recipientName, address:recipientAddress}
			send
		end tell
end tell
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Thanks!
Can you post an example of the date tag you are using?