This option allow to skip no. of hours you add in that field from the time slot according to the current system time.
Add hours in minutes in the field and save the settings, it’ll convert the minutes in hours and skip the time slots according to hours from the current time.
→ Let’s understand this feature by an example: Suppose, the time slots are as per below, and “Before Padding Time” is set to 180 minutes(3 hours).
1) 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
2) 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
3) 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
4) 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
5) 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
6) 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
7) 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
8) 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
9) 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
→ So when the customer comes for placing an order and the time is 12:23 PM in his/her system then as per the settings, below time slots will be available for selection.
→ 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM
→ 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
This is useful for preparing your order and having enough time as described in settings.