# Determine inject timestamp while running

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/determine-inject-timestamp-while-running/39674>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 January 2021 19:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/determine-inject-timestamp-while-running/39674 "2021-01-24T19:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![seaes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@seaes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/seaes)\
**Post date:** [24 January 2021 19:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/determine-inject-timestamp-while-running/39674/1 "2021-01-24T19:41:48Z")

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Hi,

(I am converting from a hub using LUA to a hub which can run Node-RED. I'm a software engineer, but a complete newbie to Node-RED.)

Consider:

- 1 flow
- with sequence 1 and 2

Is it possible somehow to arrive at a node in sequence 2 and decide that sequence 1 has to run at timestamp (today) 18:30 ?

Thanks in advance,  
Sander

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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:** [24 January 2021 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/determine-inject-timestamp-while-running/39674/2 "2021-01-24T19:57:05Z")

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You can use node-red-contrib-cron-plus to dynamically schedule an event as required.

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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:** [25 March 2021 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/determine-inject-timestamp-while-running/39674/3 "2021-03-25T19:57:24Z")

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