Provisioning reports fail to show start_date or end_date

[mas]

Running the Provisioning report on either Courses or Sections, the start_date and end_date fields are blank for the majority of courses. I have confirmed that the affected courses have start and end dates in their Settings. I am unable to correlate why a handful of courses ARE showing their start dates, when most are not. Any advice?

[matthew_buckett]

I think you don't get start_date or end_date in the provisioning report unless the checkbox "Students can only participate in the course between these dates" it checked. I'm not sure if this is a bug or intended behaviour.