Preferences > Tasks > Attribute Calculations > Display a task's 'Due Date' as:
For this setting, it is not possible to activate the last offered value (named 'Its assigned date').
When you select it, click on button (to save the setting) and then return into Preferences to check if it was recorded... it's not: the 1st offered value (labelled 'the earliest...') is selected instead.
I suspected it might be "explained" by / in link with another date related setting, but...