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waxen gobletBOT Oct 11, 2023, 5:49 PM

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pearl jasper Oct 11, 2023, 5:49 PM

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@topaz shadow https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/migrate-subscriptions

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hari-subscription-migration

topaz shadow Oct 11, 2023, 5:50 PM

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yes so that led me here which is what I'm doing https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/import-subscriptions#create-subscriptions

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but is there a way to create the subscription without having it bill for the current period? or would that have to just be a trial?

pearl jasper Oct 11, 2023, 5:50 PM

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I mean that section says future right?

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My guess is you passed a start_date in the past?

topaz shadow Oct 11, 2023, 5:51 PM

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yes

pearl jasper Oct 11, 2023, 5:52 PM

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I'm struggling to grasp the problem I'm sorry. You asked how to import so I shared the doc, then you said you read the doc but it doesn't work but the doc say to put a start_date in the future and you passed one in the past.
Why can't you fix it to pass a start_date in the future? What's preventing you from that

topaz shadow Oct 11, 2023, 5:54 PM

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Passing a future date doesn't create a subscription in an active state, which is the goal

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i.e. the subscription is currently live, the user has just already paid for the current term

pearl jasper Oct 11, 2023, 5:57 PM

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thanks, that's what I needed really. You want to use backdate_start_date on Subscription creation (no SubscriptionSchedule) and pass proration_behavior: 'none' alongside `billing_cycle_anchor I think.

Example in PHP: $subscription = $stripe->subscriptions->create([ 'customer' => 'cus_123', 'items' => [ ['price' => 'price_123', 'quantity' => '1',], ], 'expand' => ['latest_invoice'], 'backdate_start_date' => strtotime('first day of this month'), 'billing_cycle_anchor' => strtotime('first day of next month'), 'proration_behavior' => 'none', ]);

topaz shadow Oct 11, 2023, 6:02 PM

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okay great, that worked, thanks!

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