Shopify Date and Time Picker Guide: Delivery Dates and Booking Slots

A Shopify date and time picker lets customers choose when they want a product delivered, picked up, rented, or used. With Aris Product Options, merchants can add a Datetime field to a product page and set it up for different booking needs. The Datetime 2.0 docs cover four modes: Date, Date Range, Time, and Date & Time. You can also set date limits, open hours, time slots, buffer times, cutoff rules, and timezone settings.

This guide covers Shopify date picker use cases for delivery dates, pickup windows, and Shopify product booking slots. Choose the mode that fits your store's delivery date, pickup window, or appointment flow. If your products need scheduling, the real question is not how to show a calendar. It is how to collect a date or time that your business can actually fulfil.

For example, a bakery may ask for a cake delivery date. A rental store may need a start and end date. A salon may need an appointment date and a time slot.

A product options app can add a dedicated field to the product page so the customer can enter that info with the order. Aris Product Options includes a Datetime option type for this kind of scheduling data. Its Datetime 2.0 feature upgrade gives you four modes for different workflows.

Use Date when the customer only needs to select one calendar date.

This works well for stores that prepare products in advance and deliver them on a chosen day. Examples include cakes, flowers, personalized gifts, and event supplies.

You can set up:

For example, a bakery may ask customers to order at least three days before delivery. Minimum notice helps stop customers from choosing a date that is too soon.

Use Date Range when a product or service is booked for more than one day.

You can set a minimum and maximum range length. For example, a rental store may require a booking of at least two days and allow up to fourteen days.

One important rule: a customer may choose a range that crosses a blocked day, but cannot start or end the booking on a blocked day. Make sure you test this against your store's real rental rules before you publish the setup.

Use Time when customers need to choose a time slot for the current day. Examples include same-day pickup windows or delivery windows during business hours.

You can set up:

For example, a store open from 09:00 to 18:00 could use 30-minute sessions to create slots like 09:00--09:30 and 09:30--10:00. If session length is left blank, the docs say customers can choose any minute within the open hours.

Use Date & Time when customers must select both a date and a specific time.

The flow is date first, time second. After the customer picks a date, the time slots for that date load. Dates with no open slots, or dates past the cutoff, are greyed out in the calendar.

You can easily create a Datetime field inside an Aris Option Set and apply that set to the products that need scheduling.

The app embed must be active for Aris options to appear on product pages.

An Option Set groups the custom fields that you want to show on selected products.

Set the dates and times customers can choose.

Do not turn on every restriction by default and use the rules that match your actual fulfilment schedule.

Open the Datetime settings and check the store timezone.

Central rules can help keep scheduling settings the same across more than one product. Make sure you check how global and product-level settings work together in your app version before you apply them store-wide.

These examples turn the Datetime 2.0 settings into common merchant workflows.

A bakery or flower shop may want customers to choose a delivery date while stopping last-minute orders.

A store that offers same-day pickup may want customers to choose a collection time during open hours.

A salon, studio, or consultation-based business may need customers to choose both a date and a time.

Important: A date and time picker collects the customer's requested appointment time. Do not describe it as a full staff calendar, automatic appointment confirmation tool, or resource management system unless those features have been checked.

A business that rents equipment, event furniture, or other products may need both a start date and an end date.

Important: Confirm how rental stock, overlapping reservations, deposits, and return processing work on their own. The date picker alone should not be shown as a full inventory reservation system.

Made-to-order products often need prep time before they can be sent or collected.

Important: A minimum notice is a scheduling rule, not a production planning engine. It does not by itself calculate workload, material availability, staff capacity, or a guaranteed dispatch date.

Exception dates add flexibility. For example, if Sunday is usually blocked but the store opens for a holiday promo, an exception date can make that Sunday selectable.

Session length decides how time slots are built. A 30-minute session creates fixed half-hour slots during the open hours you set.

Buffer time adds prep or rest time before or after a session. A service provider may use a buffer to prepare a room, clean equipment, or get ready for the next appointment.

Yes. A product options app such as Aris Product Options can add a Datetime field to a Shopify product page. You can set it up for a single date, a date range, a time slot, or a combined date-and-time selection.

Yes. Use Date mode to collect one delivery date. You can set minimum and maximum selectable dates, blocked weekdays, blocked dates, exception dates, and minimum scheduling notice.

Yes. The Datetime 2.0 docs describe Time and Date & Time modes.

Time is for picking a time slot for today. Date & Time lets customers choose a date and then pick an open time slot for that date.

Yes. You can set minimum scheduling notice and cutoff rules. These settings control how soon customers can book and when same-day or next-day requests stop being accepted.

Not by itself. A date and time picker collects customer choices based on the rules you set. Inventory reservation, staff scheduling, carrier availability, and production capacity should be checked as separate features.

Explore Aris Product Options and build a date and time selection flow that matches your store's real operating rules.