# Why does Beeminder threaten +1 due in 1 day when there's still 10 days to the bright red line?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-does-beeminder-threaten-1-due-in-1-day-when-theres-still-10-days-to-the-bright-red-line/9546>\
**Category:** Newbee\
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-does-beeminder-threaten-1-due-in-1-day-when-theres-still-10-days-to-the-bright-red-line/9546 "2021-07-07T14:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![coolhandlouis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@coolhandlouis](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/coolhandlouis)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-does-beeminder-threaten-1-due-in-1-day-when-theres-still-10-days-to-the-bright-red-line/9546/1 "2021-07-07T14:11:59Z")

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EDIT: Ok dum dum me I figured this out, but will leave this post up for feedback to beeminder, inc. I was misinterpreting when “today” starts on the graph. Perhaps beeminder could be improved to more clearly mark “today” on the graph.

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I have a goal to check my car’s oil once a week. (I just now changed it to 2 times per month, but that’s irrelevant to the question.) The graph suggests I need to do “+1 due in 1d 13h or pay $0”. Why would this be the case when I have so many buffer days? And why is today’s (purple) line so long?

[![](https://i.imgur.com/pvDVeI7.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/pvDVeI7.png)

> **[checkoil](https://www.beeminder.com/coolhandlouis/checkoil)**
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> checkoil

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**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-does-beeminder-threaten-1-due-in-1-day-when-theres-still-10-days-to-the-bright-red-line/9546/2 "2021-07-08T00:01:21Z")

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Hmm, interesting! What were you reading as “today”, then? The line itself should be showing you where today is: the end of the horizontal line, with the arrowhead, is ‘today’. (There’s also the x-axis itself, which shows you Jul 7th is right below where the tip of the arrow is, but that’s a bit less obvious – for me, at least.) It’d be really useful to know what you were misreading!

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**Author:** ![coolhandlouis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@coolhandlouis](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/coolhandlouis)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-does-beeminder-threaten-1-due-in-1-day-when-theres-still-10-days-to-the-bright-red-line/9546/3 "2021-07-08T00:52:19Z")

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I was reading the June 28 data point as today, and thinking this was one of my goals with a lot of buffer.