How does WHMCS handle recurring billing

[A320guy]

Hello,

 

How does whmcs handle recurring billing on days when the billing due date is the 31st of the month, but the month only has 28,29, or 30 days in it.

 

Thanks.

[And then there was one les]

I would assume it just invoices on the last day of the month, all of my clients pay at the beginning of the month so i don't ever have to worry about it.

[A320guy]

My customers would pay all days of the month so I need to have the correct answer to this question. Does whmcs respond to questions quick or can it take a few days?

 

Thanks

[WHMCS Chris]

WHMCS is aware when a month has less than 31 days and will charge on the end of the month regardless of if it's on the 31st, or the 28th - much as how it handles overage billing.

[A320guy]

WHMCS is aware when a month has less than 31 days and will charge on the end of the month regardless of if it's on the 31st, or the 28th - much as how it handles overage billing.

 

Thanks. Will it go back to the original day the next time a month with 31 days occurs or will it just stay at 28 days going forward?

[And then there was one les]

Yes it will that you can be sure of, the billing date is set on the service and would not be changed by the system using intelligent billing at a months end.

[litewire]

WHMCS is aware when a month has less than 31 days and will charge on the end of the month regardless of if it's on the 31st, or the 28th - much as how it handles overage billing.

 

This does not appear to be true, at least with V5.2.15 (confirmed with demo.whcms.com as well)

 

If a service is set with a renewal date of January 31st, that service will have a period of January 31st through March 3rd. When paid, that service shows a renewal date of March 3rd resulting in no bill being due for February of this year....11 total invoices with the 12th invoice for 2014 (in this case) being due on January 3rd of 2015.

 

The only thing I can't confirm at this time is that maybe the system will wait until the invoice created after the due date of March 3rd will actually increment up to March 31st (instead of April 3rd). If it does do that, at the very least we are still dealing with a very confusing system here.

 

Can anyone else help verify this please?