Interpreting and viewing due dates
Workflow due date and stage due dates
A workflow instance has an overall due date and each stage has a due date. The overall due date is displayed on the Oversight Tasks tab. The stage due dates are displayed on the workflow information card and on the users' dashboards. You can also add stage due dates and overall due dates to Task Views and Grid Views. A stage due date is based on the stage entry date (the date that the workflow instance enters the stage). If a workflow instance goes back to a stage, for example, it is rejected, the stage entry date is updated to today, and the due date is recalculated. All due dates are independent of each other. Due dates are calculated as calendar days, regardless of whether they are working or non-working days.
Object due date and assignee
Workflows have a due date field and an assignee field. However, an object can also have a due date field and an assignee field. The fields are unrelated. To avoid confusion, you might want to remove the object due date and object assignee fields from the views. You can also, optionally, copy the values from the workflow due date and assignee field to the object due date and assignee fields.