Search "Today" in date field not working in Act! Premium Version 19.1.63.0 [ Edited ]

[Gary W]

Hi all,

The defect is currently still open. The recent v19.1 update did not include a fix for this issue.

@gontranharvey Can you confirm whether looking up 'Today' on custom date/time fields works correctly?

[gontranharvey]

it's not logic, but I check and today dont work.

[ptrombetta]

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@Gary W wrote:

Hi all,

The defect is currently still open. The recent v19.1 update did not include a fix for this issue.

@gontranharvey Can you confirm whether looking up 'Today' on custom date/time fields works correctly?

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It appears this defect is still open...

After updating to Act! Premium Version 19.2.146.0, the defect "Today" search on custom date fields continues not to work. 

[Gary W]

Hi ptrombetta,

Yes, unfortunately a fix for this defect has not yet been published.
Please can you let us know if you are able to look up 'Today' on custom date/time fields?

[ptrombetta]

Yes, a "Today" lookup in a custom date/time field works fine.

We eagerly await the fix of "Today" search on custom date fields as this defect affects and renders the majority of our Smart Tasks inoperative and useless.

[Gary W]

Thanks for letting us know. I don't currently have a timeframe for a fix on this issue, so I would suggest swapping the date fields used by your Smart Tasks for date/time fields to work around this current limitation.

[gontranharvey]

Same as @ptrombetta.

It's a very bad bug and should not append.

It limits me of a lot of automatization I want to do.

Some days I want to give up on ACT!, there's always a key feature that do not work as it should... like the smartask!!

Thanks anyway and hope you fix that as soon as possible.

[Gary W]

Thanks both for your continued feedback on this issue. I've placed a note on the defect to highlight the requests from this thread, which will be be reviewed by the Product Management team.

[ptrombetta]

This issue continues to be unresolved in Act! Premium Version 19.2.146.0, Update 3. We continue to wait for this fix of "Today" search on custom date fields. This defect affects and renders the majority of our Smart Tasks inoperative and useless.

Has this defect been reviewed by the Product Management team? What was the outcome?

Can you confirm this defect is currently being addressed and a fix is in the works?

Thank you.

[Gary W]

Hi ptrombetta,

I have previously updated this defect with the comments posted here. The defect has not yet been targeted to an upcoming version or update, and can be considered still in the backlog.

I believe the reason for the medium priority on this defect is due to the availability of low-impact workarounds for the issue (using date/time fields instead of pure date fields). Have you considered swapping your field types to work around this issue?