Fixed end date for a free trial

Is it possible to set an absolute end date for a free trial period on an subscription in initial validity duration? I need to add a free trial to an existing plan from today until Friday 9th January 2015 for example.

I can change the duration in /components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbpaidsubscriptions/xml/edit.plugin.xml but can't figure out how to have a fixed date.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Andrew

Joomla 2.5.22, standard SEF URL's with suffix, CB 1.9.1, Groupjive, CB Subs 3.0.0, Auto Actions

No, durations are always relative to purchase date. I don't think you can have fixed date even with changes to the XML file. You could try setting the duration to "This and next calendar year" then set the the "Start date of calendar year" to January 9th. Then ensure the plan doesn't allow renewals and when it comes January 9th unpublish the plan or add conditionals on the Workflows tab to ensure it isn't accessible beyond your date.

Thanks, I tried this but it always adds the next year "7 August 2014 - 8 January 2016 Active, expiring on 08/01/2016"

Is there a way to change the year to 2015? I looked at auto actions but it doen't seem to have the option, would it work if I changed all 08/01/2016 to 08/01/2015 directly in the database, or would that screw things up?

Regards,
Andrew

It works if I set it up normally as a free trial, I just set it for 24 hours free, then just change the date by editing as in www.joomlapolis.com/forum/277-cbsubs-gpl-support/222350-altering-expiry-dates#232395

Once expired it then goes to a fixed one year paid membership which is required.

These memberships are manually approved, so this is feasible, but it would be much better if I could use an auto action that sets the expiry date maybe upon approval.

Is this possible?

Regards,

Andrew

You could use CBSubs SQL Actions and on the active state change the expiration date of the users subscription. Since you can substitute in the subscription ID this should be a relatively simple update query.