When will you update the Calendar so we can use custom fields like Start Date or Launch date to use

[Ethan Pizzi]

When will you update the Calendar so we can use custom fields like Start Date or Launch date to use as dates instead of due date?

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Ethan Pizzi 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Since this is a user community we don't often have insights into when Atlassian will release specific new functionality, unless they are talking about it in articles here in the Community, in their weekly blog posts, or have mentioned it in their Roadmap.

There is a change request for what you asked about, to which you can add your vote.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-91456

In that change request you can find a link to Atlassian's new feature policy which provides more information about how they decide what to implement.

[Anastasia Andriyanova _Teamlead_]

Hello @Ethan Pizzi,
Thanks for your question! You're right — currently, native Jira Calendar doesn’t support custom fields like Start Date or Launch Date.

If this feature is critical for your team, feel free to explore our app Calendar for Jira — we’re the official Teamlead | Atlassian Marketplace developers behind a range of Jira apps. We've spent over 15 years helping business teams automate routine work and visualize their processes more effectively.

In our Calendar, you can display issues using any date field — including custom ones — and build views for launches, due dates, onboarding schedules, and more.
A free trial is available — happy to answer questions if you decide to give it a try!