Why do my MS Project 2007 dates revert to circa 1984 dates?

[Nock]

Hi,

For some reason my project start and finish dates keep reverting to '1984'
based dates...e.g '1/2/1984'

Anyone know why this is happening? I've seen this behaviour in previous
versions of the product (like MSP 98) but thought this would have been
resolved in 2007.

To recreate this error.

1. Create a new task in MSP and do not specify a start and finish date
2. Attach a precedessor to the task
3. Click save
4. Delete the predecessor and voila! Dates revert to xx/xx/1984.

I've notice that this behaviour appears for some users and not others, which
is a real pain. I've worked through the differences in the MSP options but
nothing seems to stick out.

All users are using MSP 2007 version 12.0.6423.100) SP2 MSO (12.0.6425.1000)

Any help here is most appreciated!

Regards

Nock

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Project's calendar starts on 1/1/84, a Sunday, so its first working time is
Jan 2, 1984.
This being said, I cannot reproduce this. What is the current date in
Project, Project information?
What is the Project Start date?

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
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http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[Roland67]

First thing that comes to mind...

The User hasn't updated the Project-->Project Information tab with the
desired start date. As such, every time the predecessor is deleted Project
doesn't know what date to use so it defaults to Project's default date.