Timer without library

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Hi all!
How can I start function every night at 1 am without using third party library?
Something like

func RunAtNight() {
    for {
            do something.....
            time.Sleep(time.Second * 1) //but do it at 1:am every day
     }
}

Thanks!

2

Calculate the time of the next execution, sleep until then.

func RunAtNight() {
    for {
        do something.....

        // Tomorrow, same time as now.
        tomorrow := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 1)
        // Next run is tomorrow, at 1 AM
        next := time.Date(tomorrow.Year(), tomorrow.Month(), tomorrow.Day(), 1, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
        // Sleep until then.
        time.Sleep(time.Until(next))
    }
}
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3

Cool!
Thanks!

4

@YongGopher for these types of things, I find myself only sleeping for half of the intended time. That way I can ideally correct for any delays that may have happened while I was sleeping, as well as emit log lines so that I know the timer is still waiting until the proper time… So in the above code sample, I’d instead do:

func RunAtNight() {
    for {
        do something.....

        // Tomorrow, same time as now.
        tomorrow := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 1)
        // Next run is tomorrow, at 1 AM
        next := time.Date(tomorrow.Year(), tomorrow.Month(), tomorrow.Day(), 1, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)

        if tu := time.Until(next); tu <= 60 * time.Second {
            // log something here
            // Sleep until then.
            time.Sleep(tu)
        else {
            // log something here
            // Sleep until half of then.
            time.Sleep(tu / 2)
        }
    }
}
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5

Above method is also useful if we should be able to cancel the scheduled run somehow.

6

Thanks! All works!

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