I get this error on my discount coupon at checkout:'This coupon is not available yet'

I'm using v1.3.9f.
I get this error on my discount coupon at checkout:'This coupon is not available yet'.
If I look up the code it indicates its valid from 09/10/2010.
What did I do wrong?

What are all of the settings on the Discount Coupon?

Is the Status active (green dot) or Inactive (red dot) ...

Its says 'Y' for the status in Coupon Admin.
I've set up no restrictions.

This is the info displayed:

Coupon Name :: 10% off $100 or more
Coupon Amount :: 10.0000%
Start Date :: 09/12/2010
End Date :: 09/11/2011
Uses per Coupon :: 1
Uses per Customer :: 1
Valid Product List :: --none--
Valid Categories List :: --none--
Date Created :: 09/12/2010
Date Modified :: 09/12/2010

Coupon Zone Restriction: :: 0

Of course I've no idea why it says 'none' for Valid Product List.
I followed the tutorial: How do I offer coupons for my customers to redeem? (https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=336)

If you look at the menu bar in your admin, what is the date and time of your server?

NOTE: The NONE settings on:

Valid Product List :: --none--
Valid Categories List :: --none--
means you have no restrictions on the Products or Categories ...

Could you go to phpMyAdmin and browse the table:
coupons

and see what the exact date/time is on it ...

Ajeh:

If you look at the menu bar in your admin, what is the date and time of your server?

NOTE: The NONE settings on:

means you have no restrictions on the Products or Categories ...
I thought thst what it meant, but wasn't sure

Ajeh:

Could you go to phpMyAdmin and browse the table:
coupons

and see what the exact date/time is on it ...

OK. I've tried this.
The date was correct.
I tried to change it, which was successful.
However, it still says its not available yet.

I'm just gonna use mySQL to change the date to tomorrow and see if that works.

Well, the date was correct in phpMyAdmin (as well as in my store admin area).
So I changed the availability date and allowed an extra day before it started and for some reason my coupon code still comes back as invalid at checkout.

Has no one else experienced this?
So far my installation has given me no errors; my store has run just fine for over a month.
I'm not that skilled at programming or coding, but I'm pretty sure I haven't done anything wrong so far.
This is the only 'real' problem I've had.
Would it matter that I typed in my own coupon code in the admin coupon creation, instead of allowing for a generated code to be used?

On the dates that you see in phpMyAdmin, could you copy and paste them here?

Was this an upgrade to v1.3.9 ...

If you already removed them, do you recall if they had a time set on them?

Make a test coupon with no date ... does it work?

Make a test coupon with today's date ... does it work?

WOW! I feel like a total idiot.
Upon creating a new coupon I realized something I had misinterpreted before:

Uses per Coupon: (The maximum number of times the coupon can be used, leave blank if you want no limit.)

Uses per Customer: (Number of times a user can use the coupon, leave blank for no limit.

I had BOTH set to '1' before. So appearantly I had only allowed ONE coupon by ONE customer; instead of one PER customer!

I apologize for taking up your time with this issue. And, I greatly appreciate all your help.
I only wish this wasn't here for everyone else to see...
Talk about embarrassing!
:blush:

You are most welcome ... thanks for pointing out your error in configuration ...

I made the assumption that you wanted that and could not recreate the problem with those settings ... :lamo: