Looking for the cron-like node/flow

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Hi! I am looking for the cron-like node.
I need to send messages using editable playlist which works similar way as the crontab file. For example (pseudo code):
19/07/19 21:00 {"topic":"topic1, "payload":"payload1"}
19/07/19 21:05 {"topic":"topic2, "payload":"payload2"}
etc...
I will appreciate any ideas/suggestions.

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Do you mean you want those messages sent each day at that time, or what?

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Have you looked at this node?
The title suggests it might do what you're looking for.

node-red-contrib--cron-pkjq

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It's a bit basic unfortunately is that node. So if you are wanting, for example, to pass the schedule dynamically as I think you do, you can't I don't think. Also, I think that it only takes a single cron line as input? So you would end up with lots of instances of the Node. You would probably be as well off with the standard trigger Node.

I think that the closest Node for what you want is

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It looks like node-red-contrib-later is exactly what I am looking for since it supports multiple schedules. Thank you very much!

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Yes I did, thanks. It looks like its only supports one rule per node.