Planning and projects

Start date and deadline: the difference

The start date decides where a task sits in the planning. The deadline always stays.

A task or project has two dates:

Start date: the day the work is planned. A task with a start date appears in the planning on that day.
Deadline: the day it must be done.

Remove a task from the planning with "Done"? Then only the start date disappears. The deadline stays.

That’s on purpose. Think of a task waiting for client feedback: you don’t need to work on it today, but the deadline must not disappear unnoticed.

Updated on October 23, 2026

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