1. A system for automatically generating one or more alerts from dates contained in a digitally-stored document that is scanned from a physical document, the system comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions of: a receiving component for receiving a plurality of digitally-encoded images generated by optically scanning a physical document that includes one or more dates; an optical character recognition component to analyze the plurality of digitally-encoded images of the document and generate searchable text corresponding to the document; a docketing component to programmatically analyze the searchable text to identify the one or more dates included in the physical document, store the identified one or more dates in association with the digitally-encoded images of the document, and receive an indication of a user that should receive an alert regarding the stored one or more dates; and a notification component for automatically sending the user an alert for at least one of the stored one or more dates, at a predetermined interval of time prior to the occurrence of the at least one date, wherein the alert reminds the user of the upcoming date as well as provides an indication of the document that is associated with the date; and a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.