[ronag]

Each time I sync my Blackberry 8700r there are 4-5 of my tasks that get the dates all changed! I only make due date changes on the desktop computer, and once i sync, they are properly sent to my Blackberry. If i re-sync the next day (with no task changes) it messes up the dates - "due 2060, 2499, etc). Each day, I re-set the due date to "none", and within a day or two, it all goes nuts again!

We have the following setup:
Blackberry 8700r
BES 3.6 (with latest service packs)

I'm not sure if the BES is related to this, but posted here because we use a BES.

Thanks in advance!

[Mikem42]

I'm seeing a similar problem, but not quite as extreme as you seem to have. Only a handful of tasks seem to run into this, and only if they have been around for a while, and usually if I have changed categories at least once (may be red herring).

I don't know how to avoid the problem, but I wrote a quick VBA script to move all the unrealistic due dates to the current date, which at least partially cleans up the mess in an automated way. Here's the VBA code:

Sub xfixdates()
    ' I'm not sure why, but I've had some issues with really wacky start and due
    ' dates getting applied to some tasks, which is pretty annoying. So I wrote
    ' a script to clean them up.
    '
    ' There's hardcoded values for date+days and date-days tasks to correct. I've
    ' got mine set to date+900days and date-5000 days. Seemed like safe values
    ' given my usage model where I keep some older (completed) tasks for historical
    ' reasons.
    Dim myolApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim myNamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim myFolderTasks As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Dim myItems As Outlook.Items
    Dim myItem As TaskItem
    Dim ReportString As String
    
    ReportString = ""
     
    Set myolApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set myNamespace = myolApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set myolApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks)
    Set myFolderTasks = myolApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
    
    For Each myItem In myFolderTasks.Items
        If myItem.DueDate = #1/1/4501# Then
            ' this is the value for Due Date = "None" - do nothing
        ElseIf (myItem.DueDate > Date + 900) Or (myItem.DueDate < Date - 5000) Then
            ' the following line is for debugging and setting breakpoints on
            'ReportString = "item " & myItem.Subject & " date " & myItem.DueDate
            myItem.StartDate = Date
            myItem.DueDate = Date
            myItem.Save
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Usually you can just dump this into the MS Visual Basic editor that comes up when you open up "Tools -> Macros -> Visual Basic Editor".

I'd certainly be interested in a real fix, but for now, this resolves some of the issues for me...

- Mike http://3cats.us/

[achy eyes]

I had the exact same problem. Spoke with BB tech support for a few hours yesterday and they didn't have it logged into their DB of problems. We did two things that solved the problem:
1) Completely removed all of the desktop software from the computer. This included an uninstall, registry edit, and deleting of the directories. I then installed a clean copy.
2) Cleared all of the tasks from the BB (via the Desktop Software).

I haven't seen the problem reoccur..

[BBBOZ]

Another simple solution;
If you don't use start dates/due dates just remove these two fields from your sync (PIM>advance settings>click on the arrows).