Issue due date and time?

[Matt Richards]

When I add a due date, the system actually records a time of 12:00 AM. How do I select a due date and time when creating / editing and issue?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Due dates don't have a time element, they're just a date. So I'm afraid there's nothing you can do.

[Matt Richards]

Ok, not the answer I was looking for but it is what it is.

If this is the case (which it is) then it would be nice that watcher email that is created when a new issue is created did not include a fixed time of 12:00 on the date fiels.

[Nadir MEZIANI]

Hi,

I think that you have changed the format of dates.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That won't help, as due date is a date only.

[Nadir MEZIANI]

But, i think that it can add a custom field date time type and set it with the value of the due date with time

[Nadir MEZIANI]

@Nic Brough,

yes it's right what do you say, due date is date type and not date time type.
I paid no attention.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Of course you can add a custom field. But then it's not the due date.

[Prathamesh Patel]

so are you satying JIRA forgot to add the most important feature and never cared to add it after looking at the forums of people getting mad at it?

[Jan Bares]

This is really bogus explanation. I want to bring Service organization that depends on delivering at specified time, so I have to create workaround with some custom field and still explain to people why the should Jira and not other systems that already care for it.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

It's not a bogus explanation.  It's an explanation of how it is.

Not why.

I would guess that the why is because most people don't consider time when talking about due dates for things.  How often do you hear "that will be done by 3:15 next Tuesday" as opposed to "that will be done by Tuesday"?  It's very rare to hear a time something should be due, so the system field doesn't bother.

Due date is also not something I would use in a service organisation, I'd be looking at using SLAs and queues to handle when something needs doing by.