src/components/tasks/partials/quick-add-magic.vue

@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@
 					<li>17th ({{ $t('task.quickAddMagic.dateNth', {day: '17'}) }})</li>
 				</ul>
 				<p>{{ $t('task.quickAddMagic.dateTime', {time: 'at 17:00', timePM: '5pm'}) }}</p>
+				
+				<h3>{{ $t('task.quickAddMagic.repeats') }}</h3>
+				<p>{{ $t('task.quickAddMagic.repeatsDescription', {suffix: 'every {amount} {type}'}) }}</p>
+				<p>{{ $t('misc.forExample') }}</p>
+				<ul>
+					<!-- Not localized because these only work in english -->
+					<li>Every day</li>
+					<li>Every 3 days</li>
+					<li>Every week</li>
+					<li>Every 2 weeks</li>
+					<li>Every month</li>
+					<li>Every 6 months</li>
+					<li>Every year</li>
+					<li>Every 2 years</li>
+				</ul>
 			</card>
 		</modal>
 	</div>

src/helpers/time/parseDate.ts

@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ export const getDateFromText = (text: string, now: Date = new Date()) => {
 
 		if (result === null) {
 			// 3. Try parsing the date as "27/01" or "01/27"
-			const monthNumericRegex:RegExp = /([0-9][0-9]?\/[0-9][0-9]?)/ig
+			const monthNumericRegex: RegExp = /([0-9][0-9]?\/[0-9][0-9]?)/ig
 			results = monthNumericRegex.exec(text)
 
 			// Put the year before or after the date, depending on what works
 			result = results === null ? null : `${now.getFullYear()}/${results[0]}`
-			if(result === null) {
+			if (result === null) {
 				return {
 					foundText,
 					date: null,
 				}
 			}
-			
+
 			foundText = results === null ? '' : results[0]
 			if (result === null || isNaN(new Date(result).getTime())) {
 				result = results === null ? null : `${results[0]}/${now.getFullYear()}`
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ const getDateFromWeekday = (text: string): dateFoundResult => {
 	if (foundText.endsWith(' ')) {
 		foundText = foundText.substr(0, foundText.length - 1)
 	}
-	
+
 	return {
 		foundText: foundText,
 		date: date,
@@ -301,12 +301,12 @@ const getDayFromText = (text: string) => {
 	const date = new Date(now)
 	const day = parseInt(results[0])
 	date.setDate(day)
-	
+
 	// If the parsed day is the 31st but the next month only has 30 days, setting the day to 31 will "overflow" the
 	// date to the next month, but the first.
 	// This would look like a very weired bug. Now, to prevent that, we check if the day is the same as parsed after 
 	// setting it for the first time and set it again if it isn't - that would mean the month overflowed.
-	if(day === 31 && date.getDate() !== day) {
+	if (day === 31 && date.getDate() !== day) {
 		date.setDate(day)
 	}
 

src/i18n/lang/en.json

@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@
     "close": "Close",
     "download": "Download",
     "showMenu": "Show the menu",
-    "hideMenu": "Hide the menu"
+    "hideMenu": "Hide the menu",
+    "forExample": "For example:"
   },
   "input": {
     "resetColor": "Reset Color",
@@ -720,7 +721,9 @@
       "dateWeekday": "any weekday, will use the next date with that date",
       "dateCurrentYear": "will use the current year",
       "dateNth": "will use the {day}th of the current month",
-      "dateTime": "Combine any of the date formats with \"{time}\" (or {timePM}) to set a time."
+      "dateTime": "Combine any of the date formats with \"{time}\" (or {timePM}) to set a time.",
+      "repeats": "Repeating tasks",
+      "repeatsDescription": "To set a task as repeating in an interval, simply add '{suffix}' to the task text. The amount needs to be a number and can be omitted to use just the type (see examples)."
     }
   },
   "team": {

src/modules/parseTaskText.test.js

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ describe('Parse Task Text', () => {
 	it('should return text with no intents as is', () => {
 		expect(parseTaskText('Lorem Ipsum').text).toBe('Lorem Ipsum')
 	})
-	
+
 	it('should not parse text when disabled', () => {
 		const text = 'Lorem Ipsum today *label +list !2 @user'
 		const result = parseTaskText(text, 'disabled')
-		
+
 		expect(result.text).toBe(text)
 	})
-	
+
 	it('should parse text in todoist mode when configured', () => {
 		const result = parseTaskText('Lorem Ipsum today @label #list !2 +user', 'todoist')
 
@@ -510,4 +510,54 @@ describe('Parse Task Text', () => {
 			expect(result.assignees[0]).toBe('user with long name')
 		})
 	})
+
+	describe('Recurring Dates', () => {
+		const cases = {
+			'every 1 hour': {type: 'hours', amount: 1},
+			'every hour': {type: 'hours', amount: 1},
+			'every 5 hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 5},
+			'every 12 hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 12},
+			'every day': {type: 'days', amount: 1},
+			'every 1 day': {type: 'days', amount: 1},
+			'every 2 days': {type: 'days', amount: 2},
+			'every week': {type: 'weeks', amount: 1},
+			'every 1 week': {type: 'weeks', amount: 1},
+			'every 3 weeks': {type: 'weeks', amount: 3},
+			'every month': {type: 'months', amount: 1},
+			'every 1 month': {type: 'months', amount: 1},
+			'every 2 months': {type: 'months', amount: 2},
+			'every year': {type: 'years', amount: 1},
+			'every 1 year': {type: 'years', amount: 1},
+			'every 4 years': {type: 'years', amount: 4},
+			'anually': {type: 'years', amount: 1},
+			'bianually': {type: 'months', amount: 6},
+			'semiannually': {type: 'months', amount: 6},
+			'biennially': {type: 'years', amount: 2},
+			'daily': {type: 'days', amount: 1},
+			'hourly': {type: 'hours', amount: 1},
+			'monthly': {type: 'months', amount: 1},
+			'weekly': {type: 'weeks', amount: 1},
+			'yearly': {type: 'years', amount: 1},
+			'every one hour': {type: 'hours', amount: 1}, // maybe unnesecary but better to include it for completeness sake
+			'every two hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 2},
+			'every three hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 3},
+			'every four hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 4},
+			'every five hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 5},
+			'every six hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 6},
+			'every seven hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 7},
+			'every eight hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 8},
+			'every nine hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 9},
+			'every ten hours': {type: 'hours', amount: 10},
+		}
+
+		for (const c in cases) {
+			it(`should parse ${c} as recurring date every ${cases[c].amount} ${cases[c].type}`, () => {
+				const result = parseTaskText(`Lorem Ipsum ${c}`)
+
+				expect(result.text).toBe('Lorem Ipsum')
+				expect(result.repeats.type).toBe(cases[c].type)
+				expect(result.repeats.amount).toBe(cases[c].amount)
+			})
+		}
+	})
 })

src/modules/parseTaskText.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ interface Priorites {
 	DO_NOW: number,
 }
 
+enum RepeatType {
+	Hours = 'hours',
+	Days = 'days',
+	Weeks = 'weeks',
+	Months = 'months',
+	Years = 'years',
+}
+
+interface Repeats {
+	type: RepeatType,
+	amount: number,
+}
+
+interface repeatParsedResult {
+	textWithoutMatched: string,
+	repeats: Repeats | null,
+}
+
 interface ParsedTaskText {
 	text: string,
 	date: Date | null,
@@ -45,6 +63,7 @@ interface ParsedTaskText {
 	list: string | null,
 	priority: number | null,
 	assignees: string[],
+	repeats: Repeats | null,
 }
 
 interface Prefixes {
@@ -67,6 +86,7 @@ export const parseTaskText = (text: string, prefixesMode: PrefixMode = PrefixMod
 		list: null,
 		priority: null,
 		assignees: [],
+		repeats: null,
 	}
 
 	const prefixes = PREFIXES[prefixesMode]
@@ -83,7 +103,11 @@ export const parseTaskText = (text: string, prefixesMode: PrefixMode = PrefixMod
 
 	result.assignees = getItemsFromPrefix(text, prefixes.assignee)
 
-	const {newText, date} = parseDate(text)
+	const {textWithoutMatched, repeats} = getRepeats(text)
+	result.text = textWithoutMatched
+	result.repeats = repeats
+
+	const {newText, date} = parseDate(result.text)
 	result.text = newText
 	result.date = date
 
@@ -132,6 +156,113 @@ const getPriority = (text: string, prefix: string): number | null => {
 	return null
 }
 
+const getRepeats = (text: string): repeatParsedResult => {
+	const regex = /((every|each) (([0-9]+|one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine|ten) )?(hours?|days?|weeks?|months?|years?))|anually|bianually|semiannually|biennially|daily|hourly|monthly|weekly|yearly/ig
+	const results = regex.exec(text)
+	if (results === null) {
+		return {
+			textWithoutMatched: text,
+			repeats: null,
+		}
+	}
+
+	let amount = 1
+	switch (results[3] ? results[3].trim() : undefined) {
+		case 'one':
+			amount = 1
+			break
+		case 'two':
+			amount = 2
+			break
+		case 'three':
+			amount = 3
+			break
+		case 'four':
+			amount = 4
+			break
+		case 'five':
+			amount = 5
+			break
+		case 'six':
+			amount = 6
+			break
+		case 'seven':
+			amount = 7
+			break
+		case 'eight':
+			amount = 8
+			break
+		case 'nine':
+			amount = 9
+			break
+		case 'ten':
+			amount = 10
+			break
+		default:
+			amount = results[3] ? parseInt(results[3]) : 1
+	}
+	let type: RepeatType = RepeatType.Hours
+
+	switch (results[0]) {
+		case 'biennially':
+			type = RepeatType.Years
+			amount = 2
+			break
+		case 'bianually':
+		case 'semiannually':
+			type = RepeatType.Months
+			amount = 6
+			break
+		case 'yearly':
+		case 'anually':
+			type = RepeatType.Years
+			break
+		case 'daily':
+			type = RepeatType.Days
+			break
+		case 'hourly':
+			type = RepeatType.Hours
+			break
+		case 'monthly':
+			type = RepeatType.Months
+			break
+		case 'weekly':
+			type = RepeatType.Weeks
+			break
+		default:
+			switch (results[5]) {
+				case 'hour':
+				case 'hours':
+					type = RepeatType.Hours
+					break
+				case 'day':
+				case 'days':
+					type = RepeatType.Days
+					break
+				case 'week':
+				case 'weeks':
+					type = RepeatType.Weeks
+					break
+				case 'month':
+				case 'months':
+					type = RepeatType.Months
+					break
+				case 'year':
+				case 'years':
+					type = RepeatType.Years
+					break
+			}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		textWithoutMatched: text.replace(results[0], ''),
+		repeats: {
+			amount,
+			type,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 const cleanupItemText = (text: string, items: string[], prefix: string): string => {
 	items.forEach(l => {
 		text = text

src/services/task.js

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class TaskService extends AbstractService {
 
 		// Make the repeating amount to seconds
 		let repeatAfterSeconds = 0
-		if (model.repeatAfter.amount !== null || model.repeatAfter.amount !== 0) {
+		if (model.repeatAfter !== null && (model.repeatAfter.amount !== null || model.repeatAfter.amount !== 0)) {
 			switch (model.repeatAfter.type) {
 				case 'hours':
 					repeatAfterSeconds = model.repeatAfter.amount * 60 * 60

src/store/modules/tasks.js

@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ export default {
 				bucketId: bucketId || 0,
 				position,
 			})
+			task.repeatAfter = parsedTask.repeats
 		
 			const taskService = new TaskService()
 			const createdTask = await taskService.create(task)