diff --git a/db/tasks.go b/db/tasks.go
index 5ebbfad..cfb641f 100644
--- a/db/tasks.go
+++ b/db/tasks.go
@@ -205,19 +205,23 @@ func DeleteTask(username string, id int) error {
 }
 
 //AddTask is used to add the task in the database
-func AddTask(title, content, category string, taskPriority int, username string) error {
+func AddTask(title, content, category string, taskPriority int, username, dueDate string) error {
 	log.Println("AddTask: started function")
 	var err error
+	timeDueDate, err := time.Parse("31/12/2016", dueDate)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	userID, err := GetUserID(username)
 	if err != nil && (title != "" || content != "") {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if category == "" {
-		err = taskQuery("insert into task(title, content, priority, task_status_id, created_date, last_modified_at, user_id) values(?,?,?,?,datetime(), datetime(),?)", title, content, taskPriority, taskStatus["PENDING"], userID)
+		err = taskQuery("insert into task(title, content, priority, task_status_id, created_date, last_modified_at, user_id,due_date) values(?,?,?,?,datetime(), datetime(),?)", title, content, taskPriority, taskStatus["PENDING"], userID, timeDueDate)
 	} else {
 		categoryID := GetCategoryByName(username, category)
-		err = taskQuery("insert into task(title, content, priority, created_date, last_modified_at, cat_id, task_status_id, user_id) values(?,?,?,datetime(), datetime(), ?,?,?)", title, content, taskPriority, categoryID, taskStatus["PENDING"], userID)
+		err = taskQuery("insert into task(title, content, priority, created_date, last_modified_at, cat_id, task_status_id, user_id,due_date) values(?,?,?,datetime(), datetime(), ?,?,?)", title, content, taskPriority, categoryID, taskStatus["PENDING"], userID, timeDueDate)
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/public/static/js/script.js b/public/static/js/script.js
index 2ba79f4..d59a39d 100644
--- a/public/static/js/script.js
+++ b/public/static/js/script.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     $('#addNoteModal').modal('show');
   });
   
+  $("#datepicker").datepicker();
+  
   $('#editCatFrmBtn').click(function(){
      $('#EditForm').toggleClass('hidden') 
   });
diff --git a/templates/_head.html b/templates/_head.html
index efa6936..7c01669 100644
--- a/templates/_head.html
+++ b/templates/_head.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
     <!-- Custom CSS -->
     <link href="/static/css/styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="/static/css/jquery-ui.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="/static/css/sidebar.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="/static/css/sidebar-bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="/static/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
     <!--<script src="/static/js/modernizr-2.6.2.min.js"></script>-->
     <!-- All Javascript at the bottom of the page for faster page loading -->
     <script src="/static/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="/static/js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
+
     <!-- If no online access, fallback to our hardcoded version of jQuery
 		<script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="/static/js/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"><\/script>')</script>
 		-->
diff --git a/templates/home.html b/templates/home.html
index f587fcc..3fcbaf1 100644
--- a/templates/home.html
+++ b/templates/home.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                         <span id="file-group" class="hidden">
                             File: <input type="file" name="uploadfile" />
                         </span>
+                         Date: <input id="datepicker" name="dueDate"/>
                         <br> Priority:
                         <input type="radio" name="priority" value="3" /> High
                         <input type="radio" name="priority" value="2" /> Medium
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
                         <option value="{{$cat.Name}}" {{if eq $cat.Name $navigation }} selected="true" {{end}}> {{$cat.Name}} </option>
                         {{end}}
                     </select>
+                   
             </div>
             <div class="modal-footer">
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
diff --git a/views/addViews.go b/views/addViews.go
index c940e55..38fc8b8 100644
--- a/views/addViews.go
+++ b/views/addViews.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func AddTaskFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			taskPriority = 1
 		}
 
+		dueDate := r.FormValue("dueDate")
 		category := r.FormValue("category")
 		title := template.HTMLEscapeString(r.Form.Get("title"))
 		content := template.HTMLEscapeString(r.Form.Get("content"))
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func AddTaskFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					log.Println("error adding task to db")
 				}
 			}
-			taskTruth := db.AddTask(title, content, category, taskPriority, username)
+			taskTruth := db.AddTask(title, content, category, taskPriority, username, dueDate)
 
 			if taskTruth != nil {
 				message = "Error adding task"
diff --git a/views/api.go b/views/api.go
index 11b970d..784093d 100644
--- a/views/api.go
+++ b/views/api.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func AddTaskFuncAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var taskErr bool
 
 		if title != "" && content != "" {
-			taskTruth := db.AddTask(title, content, category, taskPriority, username)
+			taskTruth := db.AddTask(title, content, category, taskPriority, username, "")
 			if taskTruth != nil {
 				taskErr = true
 			}