Microsoft Project 2013

Hello. I am very new to Microsoft Project and only have been using it for about a week or so. I am creating a timeline and there is no indication that there is any error with my timeline. But my start and finish dates are not right, but the duration is correct.
I have my duration as 200 days. My start date is 10/15/2013. My end date, however, is 2 years ahead and is 6/7/2015. The duration between those two dates is 600 days, when the project is only supposed to be 200 days. I somehow have a 400 day gap, which I have
no idea how that happened. I could really use some help. I have been trying to fix this for hours. If it helps, my schedule is:
Default start time: 12:00 AM
Default end time: 12:00 AM
Hours per day: 24
Hours per week: 168
Days per month: 30
and I have a fixed duration and my work is entered in days.
Also, I have weekends as working days, so I have a 7 day work week.
Help would be most appreciated!!

Duplicate thread, for response see the thread below 
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/projectserver/en-US/03fee77b-99c4-4c72-a9ac-1189f652dbb1/microsoft-project-2013?forum=projectprofessional2010general
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