schedule.md

schedule

Schedules a function in time.

schedule cron: '0 0 1 jan *'  # every 1st day of the year, check systems
  def msg
    check_systems

It understands cron:, at:, in:, and every:.

The time string parsing is done by the fugit gem.

every:

Every understands time durations and, somehow, frequencies.

every: "5m10s"
every: "5 minutes and 10 seconds"

Fugit translates every: 'day at five' into cron: '0 5 * * *'.

every: 'day at five'                  # ==> '0 5 * * *'
every: 'weekday at five'              # ==> '0 5 * * 1,2,3,4,5'
every: 'day at 5 pm'                  # ==> '0 17 * * *'
every: 'tuesday at 5 pm'              # ==> '0 17 * * 2'
every: 'wed at 5 pm'                  # ==> '0 17 * * 3'
every: 'day at 16:30'                 # ==> '30 16 * * *'
every: 'day at noon'                  # ==> '0 12 * * *'
every: 'day at midnight'              # ==> '0 0 * * *'
every: 'tuesday and monday at 5pm'    # ==> '0 17 * * 1,2'
every: 'wed or Monday at 5pm and 11'  # ==> '0 11,17 * * 1,3'

see also

Cron, at, in, every, and sleep.

• source
• schedule spec