Repeat a schedule

A Repeat schedule is a window that happens again and again. Each window makes the changes at its start and reverts them at its end. Repeats are on the Extra and Unlimited plans.

Set up a repeat#

1. 1

   Choose Repeat

   Under How it runs, choose Repeat.

2. 2

   Set the first window

   First window starts is the date and time of the first window. Every later window starts at the same local time.

3. 3

   Choose how often

   Repeats: Daily, Weekly or Monthly, and Every 1 to 365 days, weeks or months.

   • Weekly: pick the days under On. If you choose none, it repeats on the first window's day.
   • Monthly: list the Days of the month, like 1, 15. Months without the day skip it.
4. 4

   Set how long each window lasts

   Each window lasts a number of minutes, hours or days. Each window must end before the next one starts.

5. 5

   Choose when it stops

   Ends: Never, On a date (the last window starts by then) or After a number of times (1 to 1,000).

Try it, and see the windows in the schedule's time zone and yours:

Time zones and daylight saving#

Every window starts at the same wall-clock time in the schedule's time zone, whatever the offset that day. A window from Saturday 09:00 to Monday 09:00 stays that way when the clocks change.

If a start time doesn't exist on a day (the clocks go forward through it), the window starts at the time the clock shows an hour later. If a time happens twice (the clocks go back), it uses the first one.

How far ahead#

Metascheduler plans about 30 days of windows ahead and keeps rolling forward, so a repeat that never ends keeps running. The calendar shows each window.