I use cron+ a bit and am curious if there is a benefit to using it in this scenario:
Two dates in a year.
One to turn off and one to turn on.
Would two inject nodes be better or one cron+ node?
I wasn't aware that you could specify dates in inject? You can only specify day of the week (e.g. every monday at 11am) and time with an inject node. With cron+ you can specify a date, i.e. 12th of december 2025 at 11am.
I don't understand how an inject node could even fulfil the requirements.
Since node-red V3, under the hood, they both use the same Cron lib.
Performance wise: zero difference.
Visual difference: Cron node can do both schedules from one node and will display what time that occurs in its status.
Bottom line: if you already have cron-plus installed, use it or don't use it. If you don't already have cron-plus installed, just use inject nodes.
@gregorius
How right you are.
Oooops.
Well I guess that answers that question.
@Steve-Mcl
When I open the inject node in 3.1.1 I don't see a way to set a date.
But thanks.
I missed the small fact you were talking about dates. No, you cannot set dates in the inject node. But under the hood they do use the same library.
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