Help with delivery date

[quigley595]

Folks,
Please bear with me and excuse my ignorance.....   I have read the documntation and searched the forum, but cannot find out how to configure a Delivery Date.
I would be greatly appreciative if someone could point me in the right direction, or do I need to purchase a 3rd party extension?  (i can't believe that in a shopping component there is no delivery date functionality, so it MUST be my ignorance!)

I see a 'Delivery Date' on the Config, Checkout, defaulting to 'Same as invoice date', but when I check out, I would like to be able to enter a different delivery date per order, and besides, when using this default, the resulting database field in #_virtuemart_orders, simply contains "Same as invoice date" in the 'delivery_date' field (and this is a varchar field)

I have tried to set up a custom Shopper Field 'Delivery Date', (as a date field), with all radio buttons on, except for 'Read Only'.
When I go to the checkout, I get a notice for 'Missing value Delivery Date", no matter what I enter......

Im really desperate to get this going.

I am using:  VM 3.0.7  and  Joomla 3.4.1
thanks in advance,
Mike

[quigley595]

Any thoughts folks?
I could simply change the text on the 'special instructions' comment box to read something like: 'Delivery details and othe comments', but that is a bit lumpy....  a date entry would be so much better.

thanks,
Mike

[GJC Web Design]

your mixing up two unrelated things

the admin setting "Delivery date" is afaik just a date on the invoice related to your choice

If you want the client to input a delivery date then a shopper field as you say you have done is the correct way

have you selected the  Show in cart form?

tried with the std. protostar template?

works fine for me

[quigley595]

Thanks so much for your reply.......    I am beginning to despair about this thing! 
I have tried the Protostar template, and it is still the same.

I have attached 3 images:   the config for the shopper field "Delivery Date", the language overrides, and the shopping cart showing the nature of the issue.
I have tried setting the 'Field Length' in the shopper field to 10, but still the same issue.

If you could give me a few pointers, I would be most indebted to you!

thanks,
Mike

[GJC Web Design]

my admin setup is identically to yours

but what do u mean "enter" ?

look at my screen - there is a date picker - where's yours?
I enter nothing

[quigley595]

Thanks again for your reply.

Yes....  that is the problem.......    I think the config is OK, but no datepicker is showing.
When I say "enter" , I mean that,  because there is no datepicker popup, I try to enter the date in the Delivery Date field (where it currently contains "- Never -")...  and of course... still no go.

This is why it is driving me nuts.... pulling what is left of my hair out :-) :-)

Mike