How to make a script run a function every 6 Hours interval

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#1

How do I make a script fire a function off every 6 hours real time.

So when it’s 6:00pm it triggers, when it’s 12pm it triggers etc

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#2

Use os.time, the rest you can figure out

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#3

Just do this:

local Hours = 6

	while wait(3600 * Hours) do
		print("Hello")
end
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#4

That’s not real time. That’s per server.

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#5

Every few seconds, check the time using DateTime. I recommend using UTC.

-- Example
while task.wait(4) do
    local now = DateTime.now():ToUniversalTime()
    -- Fetch the current time in UTC

    local hour = now.Hour
    if (hour % 6) == 0 then
       -- Checks if the hour is divisible by 6
       -- This means if the time is 12 or 6 PM, it will pass the check

       -- Do something 
    end
end
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#6

Ty, how do I also get time remaining? So the time remaining till the next 6 hour. I.e ‘3:42:50s Remaining…’

#7 
local waittime = DateTime.fromUnixTimestamp(DateTime.fromUniversalTime(2023,10,1).UnixTimestamp-DateTime.fromUnixTimestamp(DateTime.now().UnixTimestamp).UnixTimestamp):ToUniversalTime()

Messy, but only way i could make it use universal

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#8

Thanks, how does this code work? What is 2023,10,1 and is this remaining time till the next ‘Sixth’ hour?

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#9

year, month, day, hour. minute, second are the parameters

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#11

Ty, how do I make it get the time till the next 6th hour? so I.e if it’s 3pm, then it’d be 3 hours till the next 6th hour (6PM). And if it’s 7 pm it’d be 5 hours till the next sixth hour (12)

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#12

I don’t really know to be honest, this is the only thing i could help with sorry

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#13

This may be it …

while true do
	local now = DateTime.now():ToUniversalTime()
	local hour = now.Hour
	local minutes = now.Minute
	local seconds = now.Second

	local timeUntilNextSixHour = 6 - (hour % 6)
	local minutesUntilNextSixHour = timeUntilNextSixHour * 60 - minutes
	local secondsUntilNextSixHour = minutesUntilNextSixHour * 60 - seconds

	if (hour % 6) == 0 then
		print("It's a 6-hour mark!")
		-- Do something special if it's a 6-hour mark
	else
		local hoursRemaining = math.floor(secondsUntilNextSixHour / 3600)
		local minutesRemaining = math.floor((secondsUntilNextSixHour % 3600) / 60)
		local secondsRemaining = secondsUntilNextSixHour % 60

		print(string.format("Time until next 6-hour mark: %02d:%02d:%02d", hoursRemaining, minutesRemaining, secondsRemaining))
	end

	task.wait(1)
end
#14

Hey, thanks very much.
I have a question, why is the 1 hour when the 6th hour is in a few minutes?

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#15

Hey, how can I also check for the next 30 mins? I would like to open something once the 6 hour mark is reached, but that thing stays open for only 30 mins, so 30 mins after then it will close. I would like it so the 30 min is UTC so every server shares the same 30 min check

#16

You got me, going off omega’s code. It triggers if hour is divisible by 6.
This would be better than when they start the program …
I take it, it would fire at the actual 6 and 12 time wise.

#18

Since it’s based on UTC time, it’s fetching the time from UTC. If you want to use it for local time, you can use:

local now = DateTime.now():ToLocalTime()

The reason why I recommended UTC is because it’s the central clock (but you don’t have to use it if you don’t need to)

#19

thanks, i will use the utc one.

how can I also check for the next 30 mins in UTC?
I would like to open something once the 6 hour mark is reached, but that thing stays open for only 30 mins.

so I need to display the countdown to the next 30 mins after then it will close. I would like it so the 30 min is UTC so every server shares the same 30 min check

#20

something like this

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