start <date>

start <date>
Description

The start date of the task. When specified for the top-level (default) scenario this attribute also implicitly sets the scheduling policy of the task to asap.

AttributesNameTypeDescription
dateDATE 
Contexttask,
InheritableYesScenario Spec.Yes
See alsoend, period, maxstart, minstart, scheduling, startbuffer

project duration "Duration Example" "1.0" 2005-06-06 - 2005-06-26

resource tux "Tux"

task t "Enclosing" {
  start 2005-06-06
  task durationTask "Duration Task" {
    # This task is 10 calendar days long.
    duration 10d
  }

  task intervalTask "Interval Task" {
    # This task is similar to the durationTask. Instead of a start
    # date and a duration it has a fixed start and end date.
    end 2005-06-17
  }

  task lengthTask "Length Task" {
    # This task 10 working days long. So about 12 calendar days.
    length 10d
  }

  task effortTask "Effort Task" {
    effort 10d
    allocate tux
  }
}