diff --git a/src/columns/ColDate.cpp b/src/columns/ColDate.cpp
index f536ba290..bb80efafb 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColDate.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColDate.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ void ColumnDate::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
     else if (_style == "short")
     {
     }
-    else if (_style == "active")
-    {
-    }
     else if (_style == "countdown")
     {
     }
diff --git a/src/columns/ColRecur.cpp b/src/columns/ColRecur.cpp
index 113f168c2..e441efe9e 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColRecur.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColRecur.cpp
@@ -91,23 +91,6 @@ void ColumnRecur::render (
         color.colorize (
           rightJustify (context.config.get ("recurrence.indicator").length (), width)));
   }
-
-/*
-  std::string project = task.get ("project");
-  if (_style == "parent")
-  {
-    std::string::size_type period = project.find ('.');
-    if (period != std::string::npos)
-      project = project.substr (0, period);
-  }
-
-  std::vector <std::string> raw;
-  wrapText (raw, project, width);
-
-  std::vector <std::string>::iterator i;
-  for (i = raw.begin (); i != raw.end (); ++i)
-    lines.push_back (color.colorize (leftJustify (*i, width)));
-*/
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/columns/ColStart.cpp b/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
index 74ba2773b..f7e0e223d 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColStart.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <Context.h>
 #include <ColStart.h>
+#include <text.h>
+
+extern Context context;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 ColumnStart::ColumnStart ()
@@ -40,3 +44,51 @@ ColumnStart::~ColumnStart ()
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Overriden so that style <----> label are linked.
+// Note that you can not determine which gets called first.
+void ColumnStart::setStyle (const std::string& value)
+{
+  _style = value;
+
+  if (_style == "active" && _label == "Started")
+    _label = "A";
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Set the minimum and maximum widths for the value.
+void ColumnStart::measure (Task& task, int& minimum, int& maximum)
+{
+  minimum = maximum = 0;
+
+  if (task.has (_attribute))
+  {
+    if (_style == "active")
+    {
+    }
+    else
+      ColumnDate::measure (task, minimum, maximum);
+  }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void ColumnStart::render (
+  std::vector <std::string>& lines,
+  Task& task,
+  int width,
+  Color& color)
+{
+  if (task.has (_attribute))
+  {
+    if (_style == "active")
+    {
+      lines.push_back (
+        color.colorize (
+          rightJustify (
+            context.config.get ("active.indicator"), width)));
+    }
+    else
+      ColumnDate::render (lines, task, width, color);
+  }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/columns/ColStart.h b/src/columns/ColStart.h
index c9cf0ae2d..6f133fb7d 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColStart.h
+++ b/src/columns/ColStart.h
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class ColumnStart : public ColumnDate
 public:
   ColumnStart ();
   ~ColumnStart ();
+
+  void setStyle (const std::string&);
+  void measure (Task&, int&, int&);
+  void render (std::vector <std::string>&, Task&, int, Color&);
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/test/view.t.cpp b/test/view.t.cpp
index 5eede7130..942a60c92 100644
--- a/test/view.t.cpp
+++ b/test/view.t.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
                "description:\"This is the description text\" "
                "project:\"Home\" "
                "priority:\"H\" "
+               "start:\"1234567890\" "
                "due:\"1234567890\" "
                "tags:\"one,two\""
              "]");
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     view.add (Column::factory ("tags"));
 //    view.add (Column::factory ("tags.indicator"));
     view.add (Column::factory ("tags.count"));
+//    view.add (Column::factory ("description"));
+//    view.add (Column::factory ("description.desc"));
     view.add (Column::factory ("description.truncated"));
 //    view.add (Column::factory ("depends"));
 //    view.add (Column::factory ("depends.count"));
@@ -104,8 +107,9 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     view.add (Column::factory ("due.julian"));
 //    view.add (Column::factory ("due.epoch"));
 //    view.add (Column::factory ("due.iso"));
+    view.add (Column::factory ("start.active"));
     view.add (Column::factory ("urgency"));
-    view.width (120);
+    view.width (100);
     view.leftMargin (4);
 /*
     view.extraPadding (1);