The Ship Date field on the Sales Order is pre-populated even if the user does not select any value. This is important to note as the System Notes will show that a user “set” the value on this field when in fact this was never populated.
The default value of the Sales Order Ship Date is controlled by Setup > Accounting > Shipping. By design Ship Date= Transaction Date + Number of Days to Shipment.
Special Cases:
- Ship Date is blank when Number of Days is blank.
- When Cutoff Time for Shipments is not blank then if the current time is after the cutoff time, one shipping day will be added to the calculated Ship Date.
- When Ship on Saturday and Ship on Sundays is/are not checked then these days will be skipped.
- When Shipping Holidays are defined then these days will be skipped. You can set Shipping Holidays under Setup > Accounting > Shipping > Preferences > Holiday Date.