Tasks and Events. What is the difference? - day-by-day-calendar/feedback GitHub Wiki

Google provides two services close to each other: Calendar and Tasks. Our app has access to both, that is why it is important to understand differences between them.

Calendar service lets you plan events, invite guests and set reminders. The event has a date or date interval, start/end time. When creating an event you give it a name, you also can provide some details in notes, invite other participants, set one or several reminders. You can unite several events logically by attaching them to different calendars. For example, create Work Calendar and Personal Calendar. When creating a new event, attach it to any Calendar. You can create as many calendars as you want (in online Google Calendar).

Tasks service is aimed to help you create a to-do list (list of tasks). Each task can have a description and be referred to a certain date. Date is an optional parameter for a task. Time is not determined. The service doesn’t allow settings of any reminders (we made it possible in our app). Users can create several task lists (in the app), subdivide the tasks according to logic and their determination, by attaching the tasks to a certain task list. One more important feature: users can mark tasks as completed.