#  BigTimer to only act upon a certain time?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-to-only-act-upon-a-certain-time/1605>\
**Category:** Forum Help\
**Created:** [16 July 2018 05:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-to-only-act-upon-a-certain-time/1605 "2018-07-16T05:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jahkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jahkr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jahkr)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2018 05:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-to-only-act-upon-a-certain-time/1605/1 "2018-07-16T05:50:14Z")

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I realize I could use various NPM nodered schedulers but the BigTimer has things like sunrise/sunset that I'd like to utilize.

That being said, is there a way to set BigTimer to only act upon a certain time? I know it runs every minute but maybe a switch node? I see `message.time` but I believe that is time remaining...

Any help is appreciated -- thank you.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2018 20:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-to-only-act-upon-a-certain-time/1605/2 "2018-07-16T20:20:11Z")

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> [@jahkr](#):
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> is there a way to set BigTimer to only act upon a certain time

I don't understand what you mean by that, can you provide more detail of what you are asking please.

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**Author:** ![jahkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jahkr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jahkr)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2018 20:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-to-only-act-upon-a-certain-time/1605/3 "2018-07-16T20:21:35Z")

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No worries. I got it to only execute at 3:00 PM.