# Show start date in board view

**URL:** <https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927 "2021-08-01T07:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![authx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@authx](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/authx)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927/1 "2021-08-01T07:26:45Z")

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Hi,

I’d like the start date to show up right next to the due date in board view, just like it is in list view. Is there a quick fix?

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927/2 "2021-08-02T13:58:06Z")

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Paste this code:

```auto
    <?php if (! empty($task['date_started'])): ?>
        <span title="<?= t('Start date') ?>" class="task-date">
            <i class="fa fa-clock-o" role="img" aria-label="<?= t('Start date') ?>"></i>
            <?= $this->dt->date($task['date_started']) ?>
        </span>
    <?php endif ?>

```

in between line 60 and 62 of Template/board/task\_footer.php

> <https://github.com/kanboard/kanboard/blob/4b9cfaa1bb100c5b693ab8d58f5fd62c745491a4/app/Template/board/task_footer.php#L61>

That’s the quick way. Just remeber, if you ever upgrade Kanboard, you will loose this edit, unless you create a plugin. Make sure you restart your server after the code edit.

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**Author:** ![authx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@authx](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/authx)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927/3 "2021-08-05T08:51:43Z")

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Thanks for the reply. My installation is on a shared web hosting service. What’s the alternative to restarting the server?

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**Author:** ![creecros](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/creecros/32/156_2.png) [@creecros](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/creecros)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/show-start-date-in-board-view/1927/4 "2021-08-05T11:46:28Z")

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I dont know. you can try it without restarting, but if your server is caching php, you’re likely to not see a change.