Index: app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
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--- app/controllers/issues_controller.rb	(revision 4425)
+++ app/controllers/issues_controller.rb	(working copy)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
       render_error l(:error_no_tracker_in_project)
       return false
     end
-    @issue.start_date ||= Date.today
+    @issue.start_date ||= Date.today if Setting.issue_startdate_is_adddate?
     if params[:issue].is_a?(Hash)
       @issue.safe_attributes = params[:issue]
       if User.current.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, @project) && @issue.new_record?
Index: app/views/settings/_issues.rhtml
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--- app/views/settings/_issues.rhtml	(revision 4425)
+++ app/views/settings/_issues.rhtml	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 <p><%= setting_check_box :display_subprojects_issues %></p>
 
+<p><%= setting_check_box :issue_startdate_is_adddate %></p>
+
 <p><%= setting_select :issue_done_ratio, Issue::DONE_RATIO_OPTIONS.collect {|i| [l("setting_issue_done_ratio_#{i}"), i]} %></p>
 
 <p><%= setting_text_field :issues_export_limit, :size => 6 %></p>
Index: config/settings.yml
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--- config/settings.yml	(revision 4425)
+++ config/settings.yml	(working copy)
@@ -186,5 +186,7 @@
   default: 0
 default_notification_option:
   default: 'only_my_events'
+issue_startdate_is_adddate:
+  default: 0
 emails_header:
   default: ''
Index: config/locales/en.yml
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--- config/locales/en.yml	(revision 4425)
+++ config/locales/en.yml	(working copy)
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@
   setting_rest_api_enabled: Enable REST web service
   setting_cache_formatted_text: Cache formatted text
   setting_default_notification_option: Default notification option
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Use todays date as start date for new issues (otherwise leave empty, default)
   
   permission_add_project: Create project
   permission_add_subprojects: Create subprojects
Index: config/locales/pt-BR.yml
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--- config/locales/pt-BR.yml	(revision 4425)
+++ config/locales/pt-BR.yml	(working copy)
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@
   setting_rest_api_enabled: Habilitar REST web service
   label_missing_api_access_key: Chave de acesso a API faltando
   label_missing_feeds_access_key: Chave de acesso ao RSS faltando
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Usar data corrente como data inicial para novas tarefas (caso contrário não marcar, padrão)
   text_line_separated: Múltiplos valores permitidos (uma linha para cada valor).
   setting_mail_handler_body_delimiters: Truncar e-mails após uma destas linhas
   permission_add_subprojects: Criar subprojetos