# Change the time from the Dashboard Bigtimer / eztimer
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [1 June 2020 15:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630 "2020-06-01T15:10:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 15:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/1 "2020-06-01T15:10:01Z")
salut
I want to know if it is possible to change the time from the Dashboard?
est-il possible de changer l'heure depuis le Dashbord ?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/2 "2020-06-01T15:22:48Z")
Do you mean you want to change the system time or you want to change the configuration of a timer node?
Or perhaps it is actually The Time that you want to change, but I don't think node-red is quite up to disrupting the space time continuum yet.
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 15:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/3 "2020-06-01T15:39:52Z")
Exemple
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 15:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/4 "2020-06-01T15:43:17Z")
I don't believe that you can change the configuration of bigtimer by sending it messages, but there are many timer nodes and certainly some of them you can. node-red-contrib-cron-plus for example. If you look at the readme for each node it should tell you how to do it (if it is possible).
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/5 "2020-06-01T16:43:15Z")
Something like [this](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/79a66966a6cc655a827872a4af794b94)?
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/6 "2020-06-01T18:03:27Z")
You can change the Bigtimer to a certain degree from sending it commands. Send it "Timer 30" and it counts down for 30 seconds. I'm not sure what you are trying to do but I use both Bigtimer and cron-plus a lot and change both of them from the dashboard via commands. So the short answer is yes both cron-plus and Bigtimer can be changed from the dashboard.
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/7 "2020-06-01T18:17:50Z")
It's not easy for me because I don't understand English very well
But thanks to you and the community I’m coming slowly ❤
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/8 "2020-06-01T18:19:50Z")
I don't speak anything but English so you are way ahead of me.
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/9 "2020-06-01T18:45:57Z")
j'ai testé, mais je ne voie pas trop comment ça fonctionne.
I tested, but I don't really see how it works
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/10 "2020-06-01T18:47:19Z")
> [@gerry](#):
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> You can change the Bigtimer to a certain degree from sending it commands. Send it "Timer 30" and it counts down for 30 seconds. I'm not sure what you are trying to do but I use both Bigtimer and cron-plus a lot and change both of them from the dashboard via commands. So the short answer is yes both cron-plus and Bigtimer can be changed from the dashboard.
you have an example
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/11 "2020-06-01T18:48:45Z")
Did you open the dashboard?
It was an example of how you can dynamically schedule timed events from the dashboard. Wasn't that what you were wanting?
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/12 "2020-06-01T18:52:14Z")
yes I did a test, after a minute I just have a notification that displays 54 = ON
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 18:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/13 "2020-06-01T18:58:00Z")
le but est de pouvoir réglée le temps ON et OFF depuis le Dashbord
the goal is to be able to set the ON and OFF time from the dashboard
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 19:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/14 "2020-06-01T19:08:12Z")
> [@971JMD](#):
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> the goal is to be able to set the ON and OFF time from the dashboard
That's exactly what the demo I linked to does.
You add 1, 2 or 67 entries.
Entry 1. Set the on time
Entry 2. Set the off time
Then when the time arrives, the payload you entered is sent.
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 19:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/15 "2020-06-01T19:17:20Z")
mais quel node que je dois de CRON que je dois connecter a BIGTIMER
but what node I need from CRON that I need to connect to BIGTIMER ?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 19:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/16 "2020-06-01T19:28:49Z")
If you went this way, you wouldn't need BIGTIMER - CRON is a multiple schedule totally flexible event scheduler.
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 20:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/17 "2020-06-01T20:10:46Z")
Ok, ça fonctionne, mais ça ne colle pas avec mon projet
Ok, it works, but it doesn't fit with my project
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 20:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/18 "2020-06-01T20:12:26Z")
et le problème est que quand je redémarre node red, tout s'efface
and the problem is that when I restart node red, everything is erased
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 20:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/19 "2020-06-01T20:20:23Z")
CRON is a multiple schedule totally flexible event scheduler
you say
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### Author:  [@971JMD](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/971JMD)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 20:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/change-the-time-from-the-dashboard-bigtimer-eztimer/27630/20 "2020-06-01T20:26:34Z")
J'essaye de comprendre le format
I'm trying to understand the format
i don't arrive with
je n'arrive pas avec : 12h35
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