org-capture-template: "SCHEDULED:" obsolete?

[Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch>]

Hi

I set up org-capture-templates like this:

(setq org-capture-templates
      '(("t" "TODO in ~/org/agenda.org -> Tasks" entry (file+headline "" "Tasks")
             "* TODO %?\n%^t\n%a")))

If I fire up C-c a a in ~/org/agenda.org, I'll see the entries created via C-c c. They are displayed in the foreground color. I am wondering if I should adjust the above template to insert the date as "SCHEDULED: <date>" instead of just <date>? Apparently, the string "SCHEDULED:" is not required for an entry to appear in agenda view. However, a difference I saw was that "SCHEDULED: <date>" entries appeard in a different color ( a light green on my black background). 
An advantage of using the shorter version is, that the string "Scheduled:" does not appear in agenda view which creates more space for the Todo's heading.

Cheers,

Marius