Apple Business guidance for capturing a location's operational status

Location Status

Closed

• MUST be used to communicate a location that has permanently closed
• closedDate MUST NOT be a future date
• A CLOSED location MAY be updated to OPEN
  • The updated location MUST describe the same physical/conceptual location when CLOSED

warning

The ability to re-open a location is only expected to be used when CLOSED was set by mistake. It must not be used to re-use the same location's address to describe a different operation. For example, the resource describing a pharmacy that has closed cannot be updated to open a sandwich shop. The sandwich shop is a new location.

Opening Soon

• openingDate MUST be a future date
• openingDate MUST NOT be more than one hundred and eighty (180) days into future

Temporarily Closed

Use TEMPORARILY_CLOSED when:

• Location is not operational due to construction, remodeling, natural disaster, or public health emergency.
• reopenDate MUST be a future date
• RECOMMENDED: When reopenDate is uncertain, set date six (6) months into the future

Do not use when location:

• Changes its hours or services, but some services remain open.
• Has seasonal hours such as schools and skiing resorts. Use special hours
• Closed due to labor disputes

Related

Name	Description
Location	Location API