diff --git a/src/dodo.c b/src/dodo.c
index c50322e..fa6c4de 100644
--- a/src/dodo.c
+++ b/src/dodo.c
@@ -38,13 +38,22 @@ int init_date(date *d){
 	struct tm *local = localtime(&rawtime);
 	
 	d->year = local->tm_year + 1900;
-	d->month = local->tm_mon;
-	d->year = local->tm_mday;
+	d->month = local->tm_mon + 1;
+	d->day = local->tm_mday;
 
 	return 0;
 
 }
 
+int get_due_date(filtered_tasks *task, char* due_date){
+	date *d = malloc(sizeof(date));
+
+	init_date(d);
+
+	printf("%d-%d-%d\n", d->month, d->day, d->year);
+
+}
+
 void init_filtered_tasks(filtered_tasks* task){
 	task->selected_columns = NULL;
 	task->title = NULL;
@@ -391,6 +400,7 @@ int parse_args(int argc, char** argv, filtered_tasks* task){
 
 	if ( argc > 3 ){
 		if ( x_strcmp(argv[1], "update") ){
+			get_due_date(task, argv[3]);
 			task->due_date = argv[3];
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -400,6 +410,7 @@ int parse_args(int argc, char** argv, filtered_tasks* task){
 	}
 
 	if ( argc > 4 ){
+		get_due_date(task, argv[4]);
 		task->due_date = argv[4];
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/dodo.h b/src/dodo.h
index 0e53d4a..6722a02 100644
--- a/src/dodo.h
+++ b/src/dodo.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ int view_all(sqlite3 *db);
 // filtered_tasks constructor
 void init_filtered_tasks(filtered_tasks* task);
 
+// Due Date stuff
+int init_date(date* date);
+int get_due_date(filtered_tasks *task, char* due_date);
+
 // sql generators TODO: might be able to boil this down to 1 func
 int prepare_sql_update_stmt(sqlite3 *db, sqlite3_stmt** out_stmt, filtered_tasks* task);
 int prepare_sql_delete_stmt(sqlite3 *db, sqlite3_stmt** out_stmt, filtered_tasks* task);