diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for taskwarrior
 
-## 0.1.0.0 -- YYYY-mm-dd
+## 0.1.1.0 -- 2019-12-06
 
-* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
+* Added `makeTask` and `createTask` functions.
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- 2019-11-08
+
+* First version. Includes the data types, `saveTasks` and `getTasks`.
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs b/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
--- a/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
+++ b/src/Taskwarrior/IO.hs
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 module Taskwarrior.IO
   ( getTasks
   , saveTasks
+  , createTask
   )
 where
 
-import           Taskwarrior.Task               ( Task )
+import           Taskwarrior.Task               ( Task
+                                                , makeTask
+                                                )
 import           Data.Text                      ( Text )
 import qualified Data.Text                     as Text
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as LBS
@@ -21,6 +24,10 @@
 import           System.IO                      ( hClose )
 import           System.Exit                    ( ExitCode(..) )
 import           Control.Monad                  ( when )
+import           System.Random                  ( getStdRandom
+                                                , random
+                                                )
+import           Data.Time                      ( getCurrentTime )
 
 -- | Uses task export with a given filter like ["description:Milk", "+PENDING"].
 getTasks :: [Text] -> IO [Task]
@@ -50,3 +57,15 @@
         hClose stdin
         exitCode <- waitForProcess process
         when (exitCode /= ExitSuccess) $ fail . show $ exitCode
+
+-- | This will create a Task. I runs in IO to create a UUID and get the currentTime. This will not save the Task to taskwarrior.
+-- If you want to create a task, with certain fields and save it, you could do that like this:
+-- @
+--   newTask <- createTask "Buy Milk"
+--   saveTasks [newTask { tags = ["groceries"] }]
+-- @
+createTask :: Text -> IO Task
+createTask description = do
+  uuid  <- getStdRandom random
+  entry <- getCurrentTime
+  pure $ makeTask uuid entry description
diff --git a/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs b/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
--- a/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
+++ b/src/Taskwarrior/Task.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
 -- | This Module exports the main datatype of this library: Task.
 -- It is provided with FromJSON and ToJSON instances.
 module Taskwarrior.Task
   ( Task(..)
   , Tag
+  , makeTask
   )
 where
 
@@ -153,3 +155,22 @@
 ifNotNullList list f =
   (Semigroup.stimesMonoid . (fromBool :: Bool -> Integer) . not . null $ list)
     [f list]
+
+-- | Makes a Task with the given mandatory fields uuid, entry time and description. See createTask for a non-pure version which needs less parameters.
+makeTask :: UUID -> UTCTime -> Text -> Task
+makeTask uuid entry description = Task { uuid
+                                       , description
+                                       , entry
+                                       , modified    = Just entry
+                                       , status      = Status.Pending
+                                       , due         = Nothing
+                                       , priority    = Nothing
+                                       , project     = Nothing
+                                       , start       = Nothing
+                                       , scheduled   = Nothing
+                                       , until       = Nothing
+                                       , annotations = []
+                                       , depends     = []
+                                       , tags        = []
+                                       , uda         = HashMap.empty
+                                       }
diff --git a/taskwarrior.cabal b/taskwarrior.cabal
--- a/taskwarrior.cabal
+++ b/taskwarrior.cabal
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:     +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                  | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                  | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:            0.1.0.0
+version: 0.1.1.0
 synopsis:           Types and aeson instances for taskwarrior tasks
 description:
   Types and aeson instances for the https://taskwarrior.org task import/export feature
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 bug-reports:        https://github.com/maralorn/haskell-taskwarrior/issues
 license:            AGPL-3.0-or-later
 license-file:       LICENSE
-author:             Malte Brandy
-maintainer:         malte.brandy@maralorn.de
+author:             Malte Brandy <malte.brandy@maralorn.de>
+maintainer:         Malte Brandy <malte.brandy@maralorn.de>
 category:           Taskwarrior, Data
 extra-source-files:
   CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@
     RecordWildCards
 
   build-depends:
-    , aeson                 ^>=1.4.5.0
-    , base                  >=4.12     && <4.14
+    , aeson                 ^>=1.4.2.0
+    , base                  >=4.11     && <4.14
     , bytestring            ^>=0.10.8.2
     , process               ^>=1.6.5.0
+    , random                ^>=1.1
     , string-interpolate    ^>=0.1.0.1
     , text                  ^>=1.2.3.1
     , time                  >=1.8.0.2  && <1.10
-    , unordered-containers  ^>=0.2.10.0
+    , unordered-containers  ^>=0.2.9.0
     , uuid                  ^>=1.3.13
 
   hs-source-dirs:     src