ShipDate Property

The date on which the package will be tendered to FedEx.

Syntax

fedexshipcontrol.ShipDate[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is required to be provided in a ship request. The date should be the current date, or a date no more than 10 days in the future.

If future day shipping is requested (i.e., the corresponding flag of Future Day is present in the ShipmentSpecialServices): for Express shipping this value must be less than or equal to 10 days in the future; for Express freight, this must be less than or equal to 5 days in the future.

Defaults to current system date if not present.

This property is also required to be used for the PickupAvailability and SchedulePickup methods. It is used by these methods to tell FedEx when to pickup the packages.

Format: YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2008-09-30).

Data Type

String