Workflow to Wait until Date Field

Question

How can a workflow be told to wait until a specific date, or date field?
It works with timeout equals date, but I would much rather use wait until process time is on or after date.

When I try this the workflow is postponed until our distant ancestors have died of old age; it is the same if I put in a date field instead of a specific date (which is the end goal):

Answer 1

You want to consider what is considered a "timeout" for the desired behavior. The following links provide some more context.

Also, unless you have a really specific use case for using a specific date (like year end deadlines or processing) -- you'll probably want to use a datetime field on an entity as the basis for the right side of the comparison. You can always use the dialog on the right to choose a fixed date/time before or after any of the entity datetime fields.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11291.microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-workflows-wait-and-timeout.aspx

http://www.powerobjects.com/blog/2012/11/06/multiple-waiting-workflows-wait-conditions-and-timeouts/

http://www.dynamicscrmtrickbag.com/2009/07/12/waits-timeouts/