Is it possible to execute code at a noon everyday? The program is handling user input the rest of its run time but needs to run a function at noon to output some text. What is the most effective way to do this?
So you need Interval Timer to run one function at noon everyday, you may use:timer.AfterFunc()
or time.Tick()
or time.Sleep()
or time.Ticker
first when program starts calculate time interval for start up time till first next noon and use some wait (e.g. time.Sleep
or ...) then use 24 * time.Hour
interval for the next interval.
sample code using time.Sleep
:
package main
import "fmt"
import "time"
func noonTask() {
fmt.Println(time.Now())
fmt.Println("do some job.")
}
func initNoon() {
t := time.Now()
n := time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 12, 0, 0, 0, t.Location())
d := n.Sub(t)
if d < 0 {
n = n.Add(24 * time.Hour)
d = n.Sub(t)
}
for {
time.Sleep(d)
d = 24 * time.Hour
noonTask()
}
}
func main() {
initNoon()
}
and you may change main to this (or any thing you need):
func main() {
go initNoon()
// do normal task here:
for {
fmt.Println("do normal task here")
time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
}
}
using timer.AfterFunc
:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sync"
"time"
)
func noonTask() {
fmt.Println(time.Now())
fmt.Println("do some job.")
timer.AfterFunc(duration(), noonTask)
}
func main() {
timer.AfterFunc(duration(), noonTask)
wg.Add(1)
// do normal task here
wg.Wait()
}
func duration() time.Duration {
t := time.Now()
n := time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 12, 0, 0, 0, t.Location())
if t.After(n) {
n = n.Add(24 * time.Hour)
}
d := n.Sub(t)
return d
}
var wg sync.WaitGroup
using time.Ticker
:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sync"
"time"
)
var ticker *time.Ticker = nil
func noonTask() {
if ticker == nil {
ticker = time.NewTicker(24 * time.Hour)
}
for {
fmt.Println(time.Now())
fmt.Println("do some job.")
<-ticker.C
}
}
func main() {
timer.AfterFunc(duration(), noonTask)
wg.Add(1)
// do normal task here
wg.Wait()
}
func duration() time.Duration {
t := time.Now()
n := time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 12, 0, 0, 0, t.Location())
if t.After(n) {
n = n.Add(24 * time.Hour)
}
d := n.Sub(t)
return d
}
var wg sync.WaitGroup
and see:
https://github.com/jasonlvhit/gocron
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