What are the different dates that I see when I enter a life event?

Here are the details of the dates that you see.

Date	Details
Occurred Date	Actual date when the life event happened. For example, when you enter a marriage as a life event, you specify the date of marriage as the occurred date. This date is important for Benefits to evaluate person-related eligibility, enrollment opportunities, and rate value determination.
Reported Date	Date when you enter the life event in the application. For example, the date when you enter the marriage as a life event. This date is used to evaluate timeliness rules.
Status Date	Date when the life event moves to the current status. For example, the Open Enrollment life event's occurred date is January 1, 2021. The administrator processes the open event, that's a potential life event, on September 27, 2020. This is the same date that the application sets as the status date for the potential life event. Similarly, when a potential life event is added from the Benefits Service Center page, status date is the unprocessed date. When a life event is added by the Report a Life Event task in the Self-Service Benefits page, status date can be the detected date or manual date.