{"id":7672,"date":"2026-11-12T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/?post_type=kb-article&#038;p=7672"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:06:22","slug":"understanding-planning-date-calculation-and-recalculation","status":"publish","type":"kb-article","link":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/articles\/understanding-planning-date-calculation-and-recalculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Planning Date Calculation and Recalculation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archipad&#8217;s Planning calculates Task dates by taking <strong>working days<\/strong> into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weekends and other non-working days are therefore not included in Task duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calculating the End date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Task&#8217;s End date is calculated based on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>its Start date;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>its duration;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>working days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A two working day Task that starts on a Friday continues on Monday if Saturday and Sunday are not working days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recalculation in Case of Late<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a Task is Late and has dependent Tasks, the following Tasks may be automatically postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dependent Milestones can also be shifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay is then carried through to the rest of the Planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recalculation in Case of Early Completion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a Task finishes earlier than expected, the following Tasks are not automatically advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to reflect this time savings, manually modify their Start date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact of a Disruption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Disruption can postpone a Task&#8217;s End date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only working days within the Disruption period are taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact of an Exceptional Working Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An exceptional working day allows you to Add a working day during a normally non-working period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can help advance a Task&#8217;s End date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To note:<\/strong> automatic recalculations are mainly useful for managing delays. Early completion on a Task is not automatically reflected across the entire sequence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"kb_article_type":"tutoriel","kb_difficulty":"debutant","kb_objective":"","kb_display_order":"0","kb_last_reviewed":"","kb_product_version":"","kb_helpful_yes":"0","kb_helpful_no":"0","footnotes":""},"kb-platform":[],"kb-category":[266],"class_list":["post-7672","kb-article","type-kb-article","status-publish","hentry","kb-category-plan-the-construction-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb-article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7676,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7672\/revisions\/7676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb-platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-platform?post=7672"},{"taxonomy":"kb-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-category?post=7672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}