# Deadline changes not subject to the akrasia horizon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [November 18, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710 "2016-11-18T08:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gretchen](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gretchen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/1 "2016-11-18T08:16:24Z")
After changing my timezone to get back in line with where I actually live, I went to tweak some of my deadlines to put them back at the real-life time I’m used to. I realized in the process that I can immediately set a deadline later (ie, not subject to the akrasia horizon). In other words, if I were having an eeep day and just needed another hour or two, I could get it by changing the deadline. Is this intentional behavior? If so, is it possible to keep nudging later until you’ve actually bought yourself a day? ---
**Author:** ![kenoubi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kenoubi/32/842_2.png) [@kenoubi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kenoubi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/2 "2016-11-18T15:44:59Z")
This is called snoozing your deadline and you can only do it more than 6 hours before the deadline. Source: [Deadlines can't be snoozed anymore](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadlines-cant-be-snoozed-anymore/310) ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/philip/32/1505_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/3 "2016-11-18T18:20:15Z")
This seems to be a day for longstanding users to discover places where we don’t strictly enforce the akrasia horizon. 🙂 The less analytical among you may have used these features without realising when they were technically ‘breaking the rules’ while keeping with the spirit of your commitment. ---
**Author:** ![gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gretchen](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gretchen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/4 "2016-11-19T03:22:11Z")
I was able to do it 50 minutes before the deadline, so the second part of your statement doesn’t seem to be true. I did get a lovely “We’re watching you! Are you sure you’re not weaseling?” email afterwards, though, which I appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![kenoubi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kenoubi/32/842_2.png) [@kenoubi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kenoubi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/5 "2016-11-19T12:13:48Z")
Huh… I’m pretty sure I let myself derail at least once because I didn’t think I’d be allowed to edit my deadline that close to it happening 😛 ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/philip/32/1505_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/6 "2016-11-19T22:04:50Z")
> [@kenoubi](#): > > I didn’t think I’d be allowed In effect, your unwritten fine print prohibited you from even trying. 🙂 I think that’s fine. More than fine. Fully in keeping with the [type bee personality](http://blog.beeminder.com/typebee). So much beeminding relies on us mustering just a bit of self-control and not probing the weaknesses that may lurk in quirks of the implementation (whether buggy or deliberately lenient). ---
**Author:** ![gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gretchen](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gretchen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/deadline-changes-not-subject-to-the-akrasia-horizon/2710/7 "2016-11-20T06:28:15Z")
> [@philip](#): > > So much beeminding relies on us mustering just a bit of self-control and not probing the weaknesses that may lurk in quirks of the implementation (whether buggy or deliberately lenient). I absolutely agree. After all, if one has no self-control, they can fudge a week’s worth of data and be off the hook. I usually find Beeminder to be the right balance of “I _could_ get away with not doing this” and “… but I’d really only be cheating myself.”