How to setup node-schedule for every day at 12am

Question

I am using node-schedule to schedule my tasks. Now I need to schedule a job everyday at 12am. Below given is the code I am using,

var rule3 = schedule.scheduleJob('00 00 00 * * *', function(){
    console.log('my test job!');
});

This is not working for me.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

have you tried this to verify here https://crontab.guru/ for Ex: schedule.scheduleJob('0 0 * * *', function() {}); — Sam Arul Raj T, Feb 04 '20 at 10:13
You can check this link also https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule/issues/251 — Sam Arul Raj T, Feb 04 '20 at 10:18

Furkan Başaran · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-25T14:04:11.783

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You can use node-cron module simply.

var CronJob = require('cron').CronJob;
var job = new CronJob('00 00 12 * * 0-6', function() {
  /*
   * Runs every day
   * at 12:00:00 AM.
   */
  }, function () {
    /* This function is executed when the job stops */
  },
  true, /* Start the job right now */
  timeZone /* Time zone of this job. */
);

Read docs for more pattern.

edited Sep 25 '18 at 14:04

answered Oct 27 '15 at 11:50

Furkan Başaran

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The last parameter should be 0-6 (Sun to Sat) instead of 1-7 – codeinprogress Sep 24 '18 at 13:41
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Simply you can use '00 00 00 * * *' – Ahmad Zahabi Mar 31 '19 at 20:13
The OP is using node-schedule library and not Cron. – Vettel Hamilton Jan 09 '23 at 07:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '21 at 20:58

For anyone who is stuck on this also check what time your app is operating in. Your app by default might be in Greenwich Mean Time which would definitely make you think your schedule is not working. Toss a console.log(Date.now()) in a convenient location and check. You might just have to adjust the time on your schedule by a couple hours.

How to setup node-schedule for every day at 12am

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