# Consider a Date/Time Trigger?

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** workflow\
**Created:** [October 21, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646 "2024-10-21T11:22:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Walton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/jason_walton/32/5023_2.png) [@Jason\_Walton](https://forums.losant.com/u/Jason_Walton)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646/1 "2024-10-21T11:22:00Z")

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I didn’t see this asked anywhere in the forum, but has there been consideration for adding a Date/Time Trigger block for a workflow? That way I could trigger workflows to produce artifacts on the hour, for instance. It can certainly be achieved using a 59 second timer, and check the date/time, but seems like a good core trigger.

Thanks,  
Jason

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Kuehl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/michael_kuehl/32/99_2.png) [@Michael\_Kuehl](https://forums.losant.com/u/Michael_Kuehl)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646/2 "2024-10-21T14:02:05Z")

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Depending on your exact use case, you can probably do what you want with one of the other two modes of the timer trigger. [Simple Schedule](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/triggers/timer/#simple-schedule) lets you easily set up recurring daily or weekly fires at specific times, and [Advanced](https://docs.losant.com/workflows/triggers/timer/#advanced) lets you use a custom [cron string](https://www.freeformatter.com/cron-expression-generator-quartz.html) to control when the timer trigger fires (which lets you do much more complex recurring timer logic, such as bi-monthly, or a specific day of the month).

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Walton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/jason_walton/32/5023_2.png) [@Jason\_Walton](https://forums.losant.com/u/Jason_Walton)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646/3 "2024-10-21T15:48:01Z")

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Well, that was embarrassing on my part. Thank you Michael for your response devoid of sarcasm. That had to be tough. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Kuehl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/michael_kuehl/32/99_2.png) [@Michael\_Kuehl](https://forums.losant.com/u/Michael_Kuehl)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/consider-a-date-time-trigger/5646/4 "2024-10-21T15:52:59Z")

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No problem, thats what we are here for! And you never know, you could have had a use case that neither of those modes works for, and we would want to know about it 🙂