{"id":2108,"date":"2025-10-23T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2108"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:28:54","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-configure-start-and-end-dates-for-my-recurring-campaign","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/how-do-i-configure-start-and-end-dates-for-my-recurring-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I configure start and end dates for my recurring campaign?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Start Date (Required):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is when your campaign will begin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First message will be sent on this date at the specified time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot be in the past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format: YYYY-MM-DD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>End Date (Optional):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is when your campaign will stop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave empty if you want the campaign to run indefinitely<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be after the start date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campaign automatically stops after this date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trigger Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Specific time of day when messages should be sent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format: HH:MM (24-hour format)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Example: 09:00 for 9 AM, 14:30 for 2:30 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recommended: Send during business hours (9 AM &#8211; 6 PM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scenario 1: 3-Month Promotional Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start Date: 2025-01-01<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End Date: 2025-03-31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 10:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Result: Runs from Jan 1 to Mar 31, sends at 10:00 AM each time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scenario 2: Ongoing Monthly Reminders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start Date: 2025-01-01<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End Date: (Leave empty)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 09:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Result: Runs indefinitely starting Jan 1, sends at 9:00 AM monthly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>System checks for due campaigns every few minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Messages may be sent within 5-10 minutes of scheduled time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once end date is reached, campaign stops automatically but remains in your list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Date (Required): End Date (Optional): Trigger Time: Examples: Scenario 1: 3-Month Promotional Campaign Scenario 2: Ongoing Monthly Reminders Important Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1740],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2108","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-recurring-sms"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":170,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Recurring SMS","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/recurring-sms\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}