# Project date fields

This information is most useful to advanced administrators and system-integrators.

| Name                                                                | Field Type | Purpose                                                                                                                                   | Access     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| <p>Created Date</p><p><code>created\_date</code></p>                | DateTime   | The datetime the record was first created.                                                                                                | Read-only  |
| <p>Modified Date</p><p><code>modified\_date</code></p>              | DateTime   | The datetime the record was most recently updated.                                                                                        | Read-only  |
| <p>Start Year</p><p><code>year\_start</code></p>                    | Integer    | An optional field which can hold the calendar year (eg 2019) that the project started.                                                    | Read/Write |
| <p>Start Date</p><p><code>start\_date</code></p>                    | DateTime   | An optional field that you can populate with the date the project began.                                                                  | Read/Write |
| <p>End Date</p><p><code>end\_date</code></p>                        | DateTime   | An optional field that you can populate with the date the project concluded.                                                              | Read/Write |
| <p>Close Date</p><p><code>close\_date</code></p>                    | DateTime   | This field is autopopulated with the datetime stamp a project is marked as Won, Active, Lost or Cancelled. It can be manually overridden. | Read/Write |
| <p>Completed Date</p><p><code>completed\_date</code></p>            | DateTime   | This field is autopopulated with the datetime stamp a project is marked as Completed. It can be manually overridden.                      | Read/Write |
| <p>Expected Start Date</p><p><code>expected\_start\_date</code></p> | Date       | <p>A user-entered date for when the project is expected to commence.                                                                      |            |

</p><p>This field, combined with <code>expected_duration</code> and <code>expected_finish_date</code> are presented together in the user interface and are semi-automatically populated based on related values. 
</p> | Read/Write |
| <p>Expected Duration</p><p><code>expected_duration</code></p>           | String (ISO 8601 Duration-only format) | <p>A user provided period identifying the expected length of time this project will run for.
</p><p>(eg. P4M for 4 months, P14D for 2 weeks, P40D for 40 days).
</p><p>This is parsed input so the user just selects days/weeks/months and enters a number.
</p>                            | Read/Write |
| <p>Expected Finish Date</p><p><code>expected_finish_date</code></p>     | Date                                   | A user provided date for when the project is expected to conclude.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Read/Write |
| <p>Proposal Received Date</p><p><code>proposal_received_date</code></p> | Date                                   | A user provided date for managing proposals. This tracks when a fee proposal is received.                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Read/Write |
| <p>Proposal Due Date</p><p><code>proposal_due_date</code></p>           | Date                                   | A user provided date for managing proposals. This tracks when a fee proposal is due.                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Read/Write |