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every 3 hours
Posted: Thursday 28 January 2021 12:09
by geertvercamer
Hi all,
I have a timer defined like this:
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every 3 hours between 05:55 and 16:00
I expect this to happen at 05:55 08:55 11:55 14:55.
and another one:
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every 2 hours between 08:50 and 18:00
I expect this to happen at 08:50 11:50 14:50 15:50 17:50.
They both triggered at 12:00.
So 'every hour' means 'on the hour'?
Should I use 'every 180 minutes' then?
Thanks.
KR
Geert
Re: every 3 hours
Posted: Thursday 28 January 2021 12:27
by waaren
geertvercamer wrote: ↑Thursday 28 January 2021 12:09
I expect this to happen at 05:55 08:55 11:55 14:55.
I expect this to happen at 08:50 11:50 14:50 15:50 17:50.
So 'every hour' means 'on the hour'?
Yes
Should I use 'every 180 minutes' then?
No.
From the wiki:
"Another important issue: the way it is implemented right now, the every xx minutes and every xx hours is a bit limited. The interval resets at every *:00 (for minutes) or 00:* for hours. You need an interval that is an integer divider of 60 (or 24 for the hours). So you can do every 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30 minutes only."
To have the scripts triggered at the times you intended, you can code it like:
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'at 5:55','at 8:55', 'at 11:55', 'at 14:55' -- for the first one ( every 3rd hour starting at 5:55)
'at 8:50', 'at 10:50', 'at 12:50', 'at 14:50', 'at 16:50' -- for the second one ( every 2nd hour starting at 8:50)
Re: every 3 hours
Posted: Thursday 28 January 2021 12:48
by geertvercamer
Missed the 'reset'.
Thanks, waaren!