Task Dates in notification email are different than in the schedul

[Phillip]

Has anyone ever seen the dates in a notification email for a task, showing
different dates than in the schedule?

I have a situation where the start date in the notification email (Feb. 15)
is 7 days later for the task that is in the actual schedule (Feb. 8); the
finish dates are the same (March 19)...

Thanks.

 

[Gary Chefetz]

Phillip:

It is possible for the planned start date on an assignment to be different
than the planned start date of the task to which it belongs. So, what you
describe is not likely a bug, but the result of changes made by the users in
question. For example, a resource changes the start date of an assignment in
the My Tasks page, and the Project Manager accepts the change. In the Gantt
chart, the task will show the original planned start while the assignment,
in the Resource Usage or Task Usage view will show the new planned start.
These will not be in agreement until an actual start is entered. In fact,
they may never be in synch if more than one resource has assignments on the
task. In this case, the planned start date of the task will eventually equal
the first actual start date reported by the first resource to post an actual
start date.

I can't tell you why you're seeing the discrepancy without knowing the
history of updates.