Future Dating

In the Effective Date dialog box for a field value, you can select a future date in the Effective Start Date field and the Effective End Date field only if administrators enable future dating for that field value when they implement effective date tracking. If you select such a date in the Effective Start Date field, then the field value does not appear in the field because the field value is currently inactive. For more information about setting up future dating in the Effective Date dialog box, see Implementing Effective Date Tracking.

In the Link History dialog box for a record, you can select a future date in the Effective Start Date field and the Effective End Date field only if an administrators enable future dating for that record when they implement effective date tracking. If you select such a date in the Effective Start Date field, then the record does not appear in the view of active records because the record is currently inactive. For more information about setting up future dating in the Link History dialog box, see Implementing Effective Date Tracking.