How to schedule cron tab if time is past/expired.

[bhaskarb360]

Say we have current time as 5th Feb 2022 and Time is 15:25:07 while the value of cron is 15:10:10.
How we can handle and execute still that job.
Example as of cron package:

[Hexagon]

Normally,missed jobs is out of scope for a pure cron-style scheduler, but I see that you use CronJob with a specific timestamp - I am considering to support this in croner.

In this specific case I would recommend you to use a simpler approach, that does not rely on the cron library to throw errors.

Something like:

if(response[idx].endDate < new Date()) {
   // Immediately run the stuff, without using a cron library
} else {
   // Create a new cron job that execute in the future
   let job = new Cron(pattern, () => { /* stuff to run */ });
}

But as said, i will consider implementing one-off-scheduling using a single point i time. Follow progress of #4

[anogray]

It seems it is better to have your own setTimeout logic rather than any other open source .😅