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amazing-andrew edited this page Oct 31, 2012 · 7 revisions

Scheduler Format

Currently the schedule support 4 major formats.

"every" [n] (sec|min|hour) ["on" weekdayspec] ["of" monthspec] [time]

Where:

N is a numeric amount
(sec|min|hour) you can use sec, second, seconds or just s.
weekdayspec specifies a list of the day of week names in full or abberviated.
    (You may use weekday or weekdays to specifiy Monday-Friday. You may use weekend or 
    weekends to specify sat,sun.)
time is a single time or a time range. time ranges are specified using the 
    "from" (time) "to" (time) clause. (You may use 24 hour or 12 hour formats.
    You may specify midnight for 00:00 or noon to specify 12:00 pm)

Examples:

every second
every 30 minutes
every 3 hours on Monday
every 30 seconds on Monday through Friday at 9:00 am
every 2 hours on Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

("every"|ordinal) (day of week) ["of" (month)] [time]

Where:

ordinal is an ordinal value of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th value. (You can also 
    speicfy the full word such as first instead of 1st.)
day of week is a list or range of days of weeks.You can use the word day to 
    mean all days of the week. (You may use weekday or weekdays to specifiy 
    Monday-Friday. You may use weekend or weekends to specify sat,sun.)
month is a list or range of month names. (You can use the word month to specify 
    all months).
time is a single value specified as a time, can be in 12 hour or 24 hour 
    format (You may use 24 hour or 12 hour formats. You may specify midnight 
    for 00:00 or noon to specify 12:00 pm)

Examples:

every Friday at 6:30 am
every mon,wed,fri at 9pm
2nd,4th Friday of month at 17:00
first and third Monday of Jan,Feb,Mar
last day of month at 9:30 am

("every"|"on") (date) [time]

Where:

date is a date the is specified as a month then day, with the year as 
    optional. (You can separate the date with or without commas. You may append
    a st,nd,rd, or th at the end of the day, such as December 25th or 
    December 3rd.)
time is a single value specified as a time, can be in 12 hour or 24 hour
    format (You may use 24 hour or 12 hour formats. You may specify midnight 
    for 00:00 or noon to specify 12:00 pm)

Examples:

on April 1st, at noon
Jan 1st at midnight
May 5, 2020 at 4pm
every Dec 3rd
March 2nd at 3:30 pm

"every" [n] (days|weeks|months|years) ("from" [date]) [time]

Where:

N is a numeric amount
(days|weeks|months|years) you can use "day" or "days", "year" or "years"...
date this is the starting date for the expression. This is a date the is 
    specified as a month then day, with the year as optional (You can separate 
    the date with or without commas. You may append a st,nd,rd, or th at the 
    end of the day, such as December 25th or December 3rd.)
time is a single value specified as a time, can be in 12 hour 
    or 24 hour format (You may use 24 hour or 12 hour formats. You may 
    specify midnight for 00:00 or noon to specify 12:00 pm)

Examples:

every 2 weeks at 08:00
every 3 days from Jan 3rd, 2012
every 2 yr from Sep 3 17:00
every 6 weeks
every 2 months from February
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