---
title: "Schedule a discount with start and end dates"
description: "Set when a OneCode discount starts and ends, in your store's time zone."
url: https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/19-schedule-a-discount-with-start-and-end-dates
collection: "Discount settings"
updated: 2026-11-06
language: en
---

# Schedule a discount with start and end dates

Set when a OneCode discount starts and ends, in your store's time zone.

**In short:** In the **Active dates** card, set the **Start date** and **Start time**. Tick **Set end date** to choose when it stops. Times use your store's time zone.

## Set it up

1.  In **Active dates**, choose a **Start date** and **Start time**. New discounts start straight away unless you change this.
    
2.  To stop the discount automatically, tick **Set end date** and choose an **End date** and **End time**.
    
3.  Save the discount.
    

![The Active dates card with a start date of 2026-06-01 and an end date of 2026-12-31 at 11:59 PM](https://staticfiles.us.gleap.ai/p6ae440349b260bc5e19963ea/TV1me2FDvqSOYuLA4XBba8HqElHbYKGFppGH2vtuA2jzgiFNVRUBPonUs0FqJlT4jIknbeP5VcF.png "The Active dates card with a start date of 2026-06-01 and an end date of 2026-12-31 at 11:59 PM")

## Status

The status follows the dates, on the OneCode home page and in the edit page summary:

-   **Scheduled:** the start date is in the future.
    
-   **Active:** it has started and hasn't ended.
    
-   **Expired:** the end date has passed.
    

Deactivating a discount in Shopify's **Discounts** page sets its end date to the moment you deactivate it, so it shows as **Expired** in OneCode: Stackable Discounts, and **Active dates** shows that end date.

## Pause a discount

OneCode has no on/off switch. To stop a discount early, edit it, tick **Set end date** and set the end to now. To bring it back, clear the end date or move it later. You can also deactivate it from Shopify's **Discounts** page, and reactivate it there later.

## Good to know

-   Times are in your store's time zone, shown in the label, for example **Start time (EDT)**. Change your time zone in Shopify's **Settings > General**.
    
-   With no end date, the discount runs until you change it or delete it.

## Related

- [Discount code or automatic discount?](https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/18-discount-code-or-automatic-discount.md)
- [How OneCode discounts combine with your other discounts](https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/20-how-onecode-discounts-combine-with-your-other-discounts.md)
- [Limit how many times a code can be used](https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/21-limit-how-many-times-a-code-can-be-used.md)
- [Discounts on subscriptions and renewals](https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/22-discounts-on-subscriptions-and-renewals.md)
- [Create bulk discount codes](https://docs.onecodediscounts.com/en/articles/23-create-bulk-discount-codes.md)