https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos

Time-based Node-RED scheduling, repeating, queueing, routing, filtering and manipulating nodes
https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos

crontab delay home-automation moon node-red repeat scheduler smart-home sun time time-change time-filter time-switch timer timespan timestamp

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Time-based Node-RED scheduling, repeating, queueing, routing, filtering and manipulating nodes

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos
• Owner: jensrossbach
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-09-25T10:58:20.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-18T16:11:34.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-19T05:19:55.326Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: crontab, delay, home-automation, moon, node-red, repeat, scheduler, smart-home, sun, time, time-change, time-filter, time-switch, timer, timespan, timestamp
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://jensrossbach.github.io/node-red-contrib-chronos
• Size: 1.11 MB
• Stars: 30
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Support: SUPPORT.md

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README

          
# node-red-contrib-chronos





A collection of Node-RED nodes for date and time based scheduling, repeating, queueing, routing, filtering and manipulating. Automatically calculated times from sun events (sunrise, sunset, dusk, dawn, ...) or moon events (moonrise, moonset) are supported as well.

If you encountered a bug, would like to propose a new feature or simply want to share your opinion about the software, please have a look at the [contribution guide](https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) on the GitHub repository to learn more about how to contribute to this project. If you need help or have questions, please check out the [instructions for getting support](https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos/blob/main/SUPPORT.md).

To see what has changed in recent versions of the software, please have a look at the project's [release notes](https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos/releases).

#### Scheduler

Schedules the transmission of messages or setting of global/flow variables at specific times.

![Scheduler](images/scheduler.png)

#### State

Maintains a state whose value is changed at specific times under consideration of specific conditions.

![State](images/state.png)

#### Repeat

Repeats each message passing through the node based on a configurable interval.

![Repeat](images/repeat.png)

#### Delay

Delays each message passing through the node for a configurable amount of time or until a specific point in time is reached.

![Delay](images/delay.png)

#### Time Switch

Routes messages based on a specific time.

![Time Switch](images/switch.png)

#### Time Filter

Filters messages based on a specific time.

![Timer Filter](images/filter.png)

#### Time Change

Modifies time values in messages or context stores.

![Timer Change](images/change.png)

## Documentation

Each node has a built-in help that is displayed in the help tab of the Node-RED sidebar providing essential information about how to use the node. There is also a comprehensive and detailed (English-only) documentation available in the wiki of the GitHub repository.

**→ [Documentation](https://github.com/jensrossbach/node-red-contrib-chronos/wiki)**

## License

Copyright (c) 2020 - 2025 Jens-Uwe Rossbach

This code is licensed under the MIT License.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all

copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

SOFTWARE.

## Attribution

The following icons have been taken from Node-RED provided nodes:

* Timer icon (Node-RED delay node)

* Switch icon (Node-RED switch node)

* Flip icon (Node-RED change node)

The following icons have been taken from Flaticon:

* Hour glass icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

* Funnel icon made by Kiranshastry from www.flaticon.com

For the calculation of sun and moon position based times, the nodes make use of the great Node.js library [SunCalc](https://www.npmjs.com/package/suncalc) from [Vladimir Agafonkin](https://www.npmjs.com/~mourner). The processing of cron based schedules is done via the Node.js library [CronosJS](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cronosjs) and date and time algorithms are provided by the Node.js library [Moment.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment).

The map for showing the location coordinates in the configuration node is provided by [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org).