---
title: "Task Scheduling with Node.js"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/task-scheduling-with-node-js-ckjtrdkjz
source_url: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/task-scheduling-with-node-js-20a3d46a86d6
type: article
source: "JSK"
published: 2021-08-02T13:21:09.274Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming", "nodejs"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 14
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Task Scheduling with Node.js

**[JSK](https://daily.dev/sources/jsk)** · 3 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

How to create a Cron Job with NodeJS using node-cron and cron-syntaxes. How to schedule a job at a specific time every day, month, or even year. Using node-schedule to schedule jobs that will persist even when your script isn't running.

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