# Bigtimer triggers at midnight

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [14 February 2021 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976 "2021-02-14T15:27:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevincw01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kevincw01/32/36281_2.png) [@kevincw01](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevincw01)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2021 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976/1 "2021-02-14T15:27:54Z")

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Hi, I cant figure out why this bigtimer is turning on at midnight (pst). Any ideas?

[bigtimer config](https://postimg.cc/tY2mv6rY)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2021 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976/2 "2021-02-14T15:49:01Z")

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I dont use it (i use cron-plus) but if i were to guess, it'd be this...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/8/08cd8ee2c161dd77749f10c0b1553e3f7e3f2b9d.jpeg)

PS, please dont use external services for images - just drag + drop your image into the reply (or even easier, copy + paste the image straight into the reply)

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**Author:** ![kevincw01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kevincw01/32/36281_2.png) [@kevincw01](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevincw01)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2021 18:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976/3 "2021-02-14T18:19:43Z")

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thanks Steve. It's funny how I overlooked that so many times. I don't see a way to remove that 2nd 'on' time so I set it to the same as the 1st one -- we'll see how that goes.

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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:** [15 February 2021 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976/4 "2021-02-15T11:00:44Z")

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You might be better using node-red-contrib-cron-plus. It sounds as if it may be a better match for your requirements.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 April 2021 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bigtimer-triggers-at-midnight/40976/5 "2021-04-16T11:01:21Z")

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