[skwirl]

You can have the start and end dates appear on the task bars by going to "View" > "View Options" in the menubar. You'll see the Task Labels section where you can assign one of the task's values to the left, center, and right of the task bar.

If you'd rather have the dates appear in the task outline instead of near the task bars, you can enable the Start and End columns in that View Options panel too.