# Date-based pauses (/en/businesses/shop/memberships/pauses/date-based)

A date-based pause suspends a member's benefits for an exact range of dates, such as a holiday, an injury or a spell abroad. It works on recurring and one-time memberships and can start on any day. Schedule it with **Pause by dates** on the **Pauses** tab under **Manage member**. Both dates count. A 1–7 July pause is seven days, and benefits return on 8 July.

## Payments and extension [#payments-and-extension]

**Pause recurring payments** skips every renewal whose due date falls inside the pause. The whole renewal is skipped. A pause from 10 to 16 August over a renewal on 12 August skips the August renewal, a full month. A pause from 2 to 20 August between renewals on 1 and 31 August skips nothing.

**Extend the membership by the paused time** gives the paused days back. A one-time membership's end date moves when the pause ends. A recurring membership adds the days free of charge after its last paid period when it ends.

| Payments | Extended | What the member gets                                                                     |
| -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Continue | No       | No benefits during the pause. Billing and the end date stay as they were                 |
| Continue | Yes      | Billing continues, and the paused days are added free at the end                         |
| Paused   | No       | Renewals due during the pause are skipped. No days are added                             |
| Paused   | Yes      | Renewals due during the pause are skipped, and the paused days are added free at the end |

## Contracts and minimum commitments [#contracts-and-minimum-commitments]

A skipped renewal counts as a contract period, and on a minimum commitment as a served commitment period. Saved days add up into one extension at the end. A contract ending on 1 December with two pauses that saved 7 and 4 days ends on 12 December.

On an open-ended membership the saved days come after the member cancels and the notice period is paid. To move the end of a minimum commitment instead, use a [period-based pause](/businesses/shop/memberships/pauses/period-based) with **Extend the minimum commitment**.

## Ending a pause early [#ending-a-pause-early]

A pause that hasn't started can be deleted. An active pause can be ended early: benefits return straight away, the days that passed are saved, and skipped renewals stay skipped. When the member cancels, a payment pause ends and the notice period is charged. The days already earned are saved.