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# Product Versioning Start and End Dates

A product version’s **Versioning Start Date Time** and **Versioning Start End Time** fields are key for runtime use. The version of a product is picked during runtime, and the available version is derived from these fields.

- Each version of a product must have versioning dates that don't overlap with those of another version of the same product.
- Make sure there are no gaps between product versions that have a **Lifecyle Status** of Released.
- Product versions with a **Lifecycle Status** of Draft can have overlapping versioning dates. But you can't release that product version with overlapping dates. Overlapping dates results in an error.

The selling dates are different from the versioning dates, but they can affect product versioning.

- Selling period dates can be the same across all the versions of a product.
- Versioning dates must fall within the selling start and end dates.
- You can't create a new version after a product has reached its Selling End Date.

## See Also

- [Lifecycle Status for Objects, Products, Projects, and Picklists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_lifecycle_status_for_objects__products__projects__and_picklists.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The Lifecycle Status field is available for objects, product specifications, product offers, picklists, and EPC projects. Using the lifecycle status allows you to manage changes to picklist values over time in a controlled way.")
- [Create New Versions of Products](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_create_new_versions_of_products.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As a product administrator, you can create a version of a product offer in a workspace in draft mode and modify the product offer until you release it. If you need to change a released version of a product offer, create a new version and apply your changes to it.")
- [View Version History and Compare Versions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_view_version_history_and_compare_versions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To see how products and offerings have changed, you can view their version history and compare versions for additions, modifications, and deletions.")