# Add Cron String support to Timer trigger – Embedded Workflows

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/add-cron-string-support-to-timer-trigger-embedded-workflows/5964>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** workflow, embedded-edge-agent\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/add-cron-string-support-to-timer-trigger-embedded-workflows/5964 "2026-01-28T18:18:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Matheus\_da\_Silva](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/matheus_da_silva/32/5182_2.png) [@Matheus\_da\_Silva](https://forums.losant.com/u/Matheus_da_Silva)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/add-cron-string-support-to-timer-trigger-embedded-workflows/5964/1 "2026-01-28T18:18:09Z")

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Enable the option to use cron strings when configuring the interval of the **Timer** trigger in Embedded workflows. This capability is already available in other workflow types, and the goal is to extend the same functionality to Embedded workflows for consistency and improved flexibility.

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/add-cron-string-support-to-timer-trigger-embedded-workflows/5964/2 "2026-01-28T19:38:09Z")

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I will file this as a feature request. Note, however, that it will be up to the device to provide the actual current time in milliseconds since Epoch for a cron string to even be effective. In some cases the hardware may only be able to provide the number of milliseconds since it booted up, which would leave a cron string unusable.