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Actual Date or Date Period

The Actual Date Period column on the Date Periods page lets you view the calendar dates of a saved date period if you used that date period today. This is especially useful for rolling date periods that are relative to today's date, such as the Previous, Inception to Previous, and Previous to Previous date period types. For example, if you set up a 'To Date' period date period for Inception to Date, and the current date was 9/12/2018, the actual date period is Inception to 9/12/2018.

This column also allows you to sort the Date Periods page by the calendar date period. To sort the Actual Date Period column by ascending or descending alphabetical order, click the column header. The arrow direction indicates ascending or descending.

For more information on setting up and using dates and date periods, see Dates and Date Periods.