Ship Dates
Use the ship_date
property in your shipment objects to specify the date the shipment will be shipped. By default, if no ship date is specified, ShipEngine assumes the ship date is the same day you created the shipment or label. ShipEngine will take the day of week into consideration. For example, if the carrier does not operate on Sundays, then the package ship date will be set to Monday instead.
Specifying the ship date for a label can help you to schedule a pickup, receive more accurate rates, and importantly, enable you to create manifests.
Requirements
The ship_date
property uses the ISO 8601 standard format.
Example Label Request & Response
Response