UPS XML: Support Thread

[mrsawyer]

lat9,

I see no problem with your update. Everything seems perfect. Great job! Thanks so much!

[lat9]

lat9,

I see no problem with your update. Everything seems perfect. Great job! Thanks so much!

No problems; I appreciate your quick update to let me know that the changes do correct the issue. I'll get UPSXML v1.7.9 released.

[lat9]

No problems; I appreciate your quick update to let me know that the changes do correct the issue. I'll get UPSXML v1.7.9 released.

Just submitted; and available for download (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=126).

This release contains changes associated with GitHub issue #25 (Missing time-in-transit display when method is translated).

Note that two additional constants have been added to the shipping-module's language file.

[lat9]

This release contains changes associated with GitHub issue #25 (Missing time-in-transit display when method is translated).

Note that two additional constants have been added to the shipping-module's language file.

Now available for download.

[mrsawyer]

As for the UPS XML Plugin, I have set the Shipping Delay to 0.34 days so that if a customer orders after approximately 11:45AM eastern time, the system will calculate the ETAs based on the shipment going out the following day. All worked well, as orders placed before 11:45 had an ETA that was one day sooner. This was tested on a Tuesday and a Wednesday.

Then, I tested the plugin on Friday at 11AM eastern time and correctly received an ETA of Monday for Next Day Air delivery, since there was plenty of time to schedule a UPS pickup for the package. Expecting the shipping delay to have kicked in, I checked again on Friday after 8PM (which is too late to send a shipment}, but still got the ETA of Monday. I checked again on Saturday at 6AM, and still got the Monday ETA. So, it seems that the UPS API is set to assume that shipments go out on Saturday. I have emailed UPS to confirm this, but have not yet received a reply. (I did not see a problem with the ETAs of orders placed on a Sunday.)

My question is: is there a flag that can be set in the interface with the UPS API that turns off Saturday shipping? I have looked for UPS'es Time-In-Transit API technical documentation, but have not found it as yet.

Please Advise,
mrsawyer

[lat9]

I've not seen anything in the UPS API to indicate that Saturday shipping isn't supported.

[mrsawyer]

Saturday Shipping is certainly supported automatically, based on the ETAs generated during weekend sales, however, I need to know if that is something that can be toggled off in the UPS Time-In-Transit API. I am waiting for UPS to send me a link to their tech specs for the API, but I thought someone here may have seen that piece of info (as to whether there is a flag for turning on/off Saturday deliveries).