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Is it possible to record date on status change without date resetting when I change status? I am utilizing a board view for a kanban board and I basically want to have a date to be recorded at every stage.

Currently using a formula like this:

if(prop("Status") == "Done", formatDate(now(), "dddd, MMMM Do"), "")

But resetting of dates on status changes occurs.

Example, if I wanted to calculate the duration of task, I want to have the date I start working on a task (moving a task to the in progress column), and the date I move a task to the "done" column.

I need the dates to stay and not reset when I move the board view block into another column. This is because I want to utilize the "dateBetween()" function to calculate the duration of the task by utilizing the "in progress" and "done" dates.

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polle Points77480

Notion formulas can not write dates like that using status, you will need an external tool like Make or Zapier and create an automation based on those actions.

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otibmit commented

Ok thank you for the response. Hopefully this becomes part of Notion in the near future.

I tried utilizing date created and date changed functions to do something similar to what I was attempting. While not exactly what I wanted, it will do for now. Doing it this was at least lets me utilize the date between function.

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polle commented

That is right, unless you use external tools, it is a good approach. Hopefully we have some more Notion options for this in the future.

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