Answers.Body: <p>Yes, you can expand this range in <code>Administer &gt; Customize Data and Screens &gt; Date Preferences</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Change the <code>start Offset</code> of <code>activityDateTime</code> class to 30.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Jitendra Purohit! I changed the start offset to 30 and it worked.
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Body: <p>We have one client whose case started 25 years ago.</p>
  
  <p>This falls out of range of the allowable open case date range and produces this message:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NHhbg.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NHhbg.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to expand/change this date range?</p>
  
Tags: <civicase><dates>
Title: How do I open a case that started more than twenty years ago?
ThreadText: # How do I open a case that started more than twenty years ago?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-27)
  
  We have one client whose case started 25 years ago.
  
  This falls out of range of the allowable open case date range and produces this message:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NHhbg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/NHhbg.png)
  
  Is there a way to expand/change this date range?
  
  **Tags:** civicase, dates
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-27. Score: 12 | Accepted answer
  
  Yes, you can expand this range in `Administer > Customize Data and Screens > Date Preferences`.
  
  Change the `start Offset` of `activityDateTime` class to 30.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks Jitendra Purohit! I changed the start offset to 30 and it worked.  
  
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