Time condition
To trigger your automation effects at a specific time or on a schedule, you can use a time condition. Select it by choosing the time condition card.
By default, a daily frequency will be selected.
Configuration
There are two ways to configure the time condition: in the user interface or as a cron expression.
User interface
This is the default option and will be sufficient for most use cases. The interface provides options to set up hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.
Cron expression
If the default time condition configuration options are not flexible enough for your use case, you can define a custom cron expression.
Requirements for cron expressions:
- Exactly five fields (space separated): minutes, hours, day of month, month, day of week
- Note that seconds and years fields are not supported
- A minimum frequency of once per hour
- The minutes field must be a number between 0 and 59, with no special characters
A natural language preview of your schedule will appear after entering the expression.
For reference, a list of example cron expressions is shown below:
| Cron string | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 * * * * | Every hour on the hour |
0 0 1 1 * | At midnight on the first day of every year |
15 8,20 * * * | At 08:15 AM and 08:15 PM |
15 8,14 * * 1-5 | At 08:15 AM and 02:15 PM, Monday through Friday |
0 9 1W * * | At 09:00 AM, on the first weekday of each month |
0 9 L * * | At 09:00 AM, on the last day of each month |
0 9 1 3,7,10,12 * | At 09:00 AM, on the first day of the month, in March, July, October, and December |
0 9 * * 1#1 | At 09:00 AM, on the first Monday of the month |
0 9 * * 5L | At 09:00 AM, on the last Friday of the month |