How can I run a function in Python, at a given time?
For example:
run_it_at(func, '2012-07-17 15:50:00')
and it will run the function func at 2012-07-17 15:50:00.
I tried the sched.scheduler, but it didn't start my function.
import time as time_module
scheduler = sched.scheduler(time_module.time, time_module.sleep)
t = time_module.strptime('2012-07-17 15:50:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
t = time_module.mktime(t)
scheduler_e = scheduler.enterabs(t, 1, self.update, ())
What can I do?
Reading the docs from http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/sched.html:
Going from that we need to work out a delay (in seconds)...
from datetime import datetime
now = datetime.now()
Then use datetime.strptime to parse '2012-07-17 15:50:00' (I'll leave the format string to you)
# I'm just creating a datetime in 3 hours... (you'd use output from above)
from datetime import timedelta
run_at = now + timedelta(hours=3)
delay = (run_at - now).total_seconds()
You can then use delay to pass into a threading.Timer instance, eg:
threading.Timer(delay, self.update).start()
Take a look at the Advanced Python Scheduler, APScheduler: http://packages.python.org/APScheduler/index.html
They have an example for just this usecase:
http://packages.python.org/APScheduler/dateschedule.html
from datetime import date
from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
# Start the scheduler
sched = Scheduler()
sched.start()
# Define the function that is to be executed
def my_job(text):
print text
# The job will be executed on November 6th, 2009
exec_date = date(2009, 11, 6)
# Store the job in a variable in case we want to cancel it
job = sched.add_date_job(my_job, exec_date, ['text'])
Might be worth installing this library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/schedule, basically helps do everything you just described. Here's an example:
import schedule
import time
def job():
print("I'm working...")
schedule.every(10).minutes.do(job)
schedule.every().hour.do(job)
schedule.every().day.at("10:30").do(job)
schedule.every().monday.do(job)
schedule.every().wednesday.at("13:15").do(job)
while True:
schedule.run_pending()
time.sleep(1)
Here's an update to stephenbez' answer for version 3.5 of APScheduler using Python 2.7:
import os, time
from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
def tick(text):
print(text + '! The time is: %s' % datetime.now())
scheduler = BackgroundScheduler()
dd = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=3)
scheduler.add_job(tick, 'date',run_date=dd, args=['TICK'])
dd = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=6)
scheduler.add_job(tick, 'date',run_date=dd, kwargs={'text':'TOCK'})
scheduler.start()
print('Press Ctrl+{0} to exit'.format('Break' if os.name == 'nt' else 'C'))
try:
# This is here to simulate application activity (which keeps the main thread alive).
while True:
time.sleep(2)
except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
# Not strictly necessary if daemonic mode is enabled but should be done if possible
scheduler.shutdown()
I've confirmed the code in the opening post works, just lacking scheduler.run(). Tested and it runs the scheduled event. So that is another valid answer.
>>> import sched
>>> import time as time_module
>>> def myfunc(): print("Working")
...
>>> scheduler = sched.scheduler(time_module.time, time_module.sleep)
>>> t = time_module.strptime('2020-01-11 13:36:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
>>> t = time_module.mktime(t)
>>> scheduler_e = scheduler.enterabs(t, 1, myfunc, ())
>>> scheduler.run()
Working
>>>
I ran into the same issue: I could not get absolute time events registered with sched.enterabs to be recognized by sched.run. sched.enter worked for me if I calculated a delay, but is awkward to use since I want jobs to run at specific times of day in particular time zones.
In my case, I found that the issue was that the default timefunc in the sched.scheduler initializer is not time.time (as in the example), but rather is time.monotonic. time.monotonic does not make any sense for "absolute" time schedules as, from the docs, "The reference point of the returned value is undefined, so that only the difference between the results of consecutive calls is valid."
The solution for me was to initialize the scheduler as
scheduler = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
It is unclear whether your time_module.time is actually time.time or time.monotonic, but it works fine when I initialize it properly.
dateSTR = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S" )
if dateSTR == ("20:32:10"):
#do function
print(dateSTR)
else:
# do something useful till this time
time.sleep(1)
pass
Just looking for a Time of Day / Date event trigger:
as long as the date "string" is tied to an updated "time" string, it works as a simple TOD function. You can extend the string out to a date and time.
whether its lexicographical ordering or chronological order comparison,
as long as the string represents a point in time, the string will too.
someone kindly offered this link:
String Comparison Technique Used by Python
had a really hard time getting these answers to work how i needed it to,
but i got this working and its accurate to .01 seconds
from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
sched = BackgroundScheduler()
sched.start()
def myjob():
print('job 1 done at: ' + str(dt.now())[:-3])
dt = datetime.datetime
Future = dt.now() + datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=2000)
job = sched.add_job(myjob, 'date', run_date=Future)
tested accuracy of timing with this code:
at first i did 2 second and 5 second delay, but wanted to test it with a more accurate measurement so i tried again with 2.55 second delay and 5.55 second delay
dt = datetime.datetime
Future = dt.now() + datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=2550)
Future2 = dt.now() + datetime.timedelta(milliseconds=5550)
def myjob1():
print('job 1 done at: ' + str(dt.now())[:-3])
def myjob2():
print('job 2 done at: ' + str(dt.now())[:-3])
print(' current time: ' + str(dt.now())[:-3])
print(' do job 1 at: ' + str(Future)[:-3] + '''
do job 2 at: ''' + str(Future2)[:-3])
job = sched.add_job(myjob1, 'date', run_date=Future)
job2 = sched.add_job(myjob2, 'date', run_date=Future2)
and got these results:
current time: 2020-12-10 19:50:44.632
do job 1 at: 2020-12-10 19:50:47.182
do job 2 at: 2020-12-10 19:50:50.182
job 1 done at: 2020-12-10 19:50:47.184
job 2 done at: 2020-12-10 19:50:50.183
accurate to .002 of a second with 1 test
but i did run a lot of tests and accuracy ranged from .002 to .011
never going under the 2.55 or 5.55 second delay
#everytime you print action_now it will check your current time and tell you should be done
import datetime
current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
current_time.hour
schedule = {
'8':'prep',
'9':'Note review',
'10':'code',
'11':'15 min teabreak ',
'12':'code',
'13':'Lunch Break',
'14':'Test',
'15':'Talk',
'16':'30 min for code ',
'17':'Free',
'18':'Help ',
'19':'watever',
'20':'watever',
'21':'watever',
'22':'watever'
}
action_now = schedule[str(current_time.hour)]
Well, I am making this program which will click a link sent on zoom and close zoom at the end of meeting
This is the code
import pyautogui
import time
import pause
import datetime
import schedule
YEAR = 2020
MONTH = 11
DATE = 6
HOUR = 10
MINUTES = 1
SECONDS = 00
now = datetime.datetime.now()
EndTime = now.replace(hour=HOUR, minute=MINUTES, second=SECONDS, microsecond=0)
JustBefore= now.replace(hour=HOUR, minute=MINUTES-1, second=SECONDS, microsecond=0)
def leave_the_meeting():
pyautogui.click(1198, 1072)
time.sleep(3)
pyautogui.click(1443, 998)
time.sleep(1)
pyautogui.click(1398, 933)
def click_the_attendance_link():
pyautogui.click(1665, 674)
time.sleep(9)
I want click_the_attendance_link() to keep functioning over and over again until JustBefore and then stop.
and then I want leave_the_meeting() to start functioning for just one time at EndTime.
What code should I add?
How about this:
def keep_click_attendance_link():
while datetime.datetime.now() < JustBefore:
click_attendance_link()
# Sleep for 60 secs before trying again
time.sleep(60)
while datetime.datetime.now() < Endtime:
# Sleep for 1 sec intervals:
time.sleep(1)
# eventually Leave the meeting at Endtime
leave_the_meeting()
I am new here and I was hoping someone could help me out with a project I'm attempting to create. Using Python I would like to make a countdown clock from user-specific information that, when getting a month day and year, would finish by printing an active countdown clock for that specific date. Is this possible? If so, how?
Thanks in advance.
-Anthony
The code below can be a start. The function date_countdown takes in a date string and a date format corresponding to the date string, and outputs a countdown to the terminal.
countdown.py
import datetime
def date_countdown(future_datetime, date_format):
print("Countdown for {}:".format(future_datetime))
seconds_left = -1
while seconds_left:
cur = datetime.datetime.now()
fut = datetime.datetime.strptime(future_datetime, date_format)
left = fut - cur
print(
"{0: >3d} days, {1:0>2d}:{2:0>2d}:{3:0>2d}".format(
left.days, # days
left.seconds // 3600, # hours
(left.seconds // 60) % 60, # minutes
(left.seconds % 60) # seconds
),
end='\r')
time.sleep(1)
seconds_left = left.total_seconds()
print('Done!')
date_countdown('2018-12-25', '%Y-%m-%d')
Output:
Countdown for 2018-12-25:
27 days, 04:15:40
I am running a program which has many functions that need to be run every day at 00:00. I am using APSchedular and was wondering if there is need of sleeping time to run 10-20 functions exactly at 00:00 every day?
Here is my program;
import time
from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
sched = BlockingScheduler()
#sched.scheduled_job('cron', day_of_week='mon-sun', hour=0, minute=0)
def ABC():
path1 = ('C:\Users\ABC.tsv')
date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
url2 = ("%sT00:00:00&to=%sT23:00:00"%(date,date))
data2 = requests.get(url2)
Z=zipfile.ZipFile(StringIO.StringIO(data2.content))
Z.extractall()
df1=pd.read_csv(path1, sep='\t',names = ["Datetime", "BAC"])
df1['Datetime']=pd.to_datetime(df1['Datetime'])
df1=df1.set_index('Datetime')
df1=df1.resample('H',how='sum')
ABC= df1.copy()
ABCD= ABC* 0.519
ABC.to_csv('C:\Users\ABC.tsv')
ABCD.to_csv('C:\Users\ABCD.tsv')
return
sched.start()
Also, APSchedular does not allow adding an argument to the function, is there any workaround to this? Please note: in the above example, I have also added one function.
I have read about python sched (task scheduler), it works like a cron.
but I have a question :
lets say if I schedule a function to run after every 2 hours and in the mean time my system gets shut down, then I again restart the system...
Does the scheduler automatically start and run the function after 2 hours? Or do I have to start that again after shutting down the system?
Does sched work like a daemon?
Answer to all three questions is No.
sched is different from cron. It takes a generic timer or counter function and a delay function and lets you to schedule a function call after a particular time (an event as defined by your generic timer function).
It won't run after you close your program, unless you maintain state by writing to a file or db. This is complicated and using cron would be better.
sched works on events, but not on background. so, it not is not exactly a deamon, but you can deamonize it running the program in the background using OS facilities.
and if this is so :
will this also work even after system restart?
answer is : NO then how can turbogear scheduler can run using cronos in cron? scheduled events in turbogear will also be vanished after SYSTEM restart.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
import time
import sched
import datetime
import threading
import calendar
#from datetime import datetime
class test:
def __init__(self):
self.name = ''
def getSec(self):
now = datetime.datetime.now()
print "now - ", now
currentYear = now.year
currentMonth = now.month
currentDay = now.day
currentHour = now.hour
currentMinute = now.minute
currentSecond = now.second
currentMicroseconds = now.microsecond
command = "python runbackup.py"
print "command is - ", command
print "currentMinute - ", currentMinute
print "currentSecond - ", currentSecond
# current time
a = datetime.datetime(currentYear, currentMonth, currentDay, currentHour, currentMinute, currentSecond, currentMicroseconds)
last_date_of_current_month = calendar.monthrange(currentYear, currentMonth)[1]
print "last_date_of_current_month - ", last_date_of_current_month
b = datetime.datetime(currentYear, currentMonth, int(last_date_of_current_month), 23, 59, 59, 000000)
#b = datetime.datetime(currentYear, currentMonth, int(29), 18, 29, 00, 000000)
#print "date time of b is - %s %s " % (18, 29)
c = b-a
print "c is - ", c
time.sleep(1)
scheduler = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
#scheduler.cancel(e1)
sec = c.seconds
print "second - ", sec
print "scheduler entered."
e1 = scheduler.enter(sec, 1, self.getSec, ())
t = threading.Thread(target=scheduler.run)
print "thread started."
print "======================================"
t.start()
#scheduler.cancel(e1)
#print "canceled."
return True
if __name__=='__main__' :
obj = test()
obj.getSec()