# Required\_ship\_date Question **URL:** \ **Category:** GraphQL API\ **Created:** [October 13, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.shiphero.com/t/required-ship-date-question/892 "2020-10-13T16:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Daniel\_s](https://community.shiphero.com/u/Daniel_s)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.shiphero.com/t/required-ship-date-question/892/1 "2020-10-13T16:36:38Z")
For the holidays we let customer choose the date to send their order. It is usually a few weeks in the future. **Question** Does the required\_ship\_date value make it such that (a) the order won’t ship until that date or (b) that it has to ship by that date? We want to make sure that the warehouse doesn’t ship the orders **before** the specific date. ---
**Author:** ![galvarez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@galvarez](https://community.shiphero.com/u/galvarez)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.shiphero.com/t/required-ship-date-question/892/2 "2020-10-14T19:09:17Z")
Hello @Daniel_s for question a: it can ship before that date if is needed b: it has to ship by that date before it becomes late ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Daniel\_s](https://community.shiphero.com/u/Daniel_s)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.shiphero.com/t/required-ship-date-question/892/3 "2020-10-14T19:22:18Z")
Are there any other variables to tell shiphero to hold the order till a certain date? ---
**Author:** ![galvarez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@galvarez](https://community.shiphero.com/u/galvarez)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.shiphero.com/t/required-ship-date-question/892/4 "2020-10-15T20:34:49Z")
hello @Daniel_s only Ship by date is the only available field