Use sched module to run at a given time

Question

I\'m working on a python script that needs to run between two given times. I\'m required to use the build in sched module as this script needs to be able to run

Answer 1

If I got your requirements right, what you need is probably a loop, that will re-enter a task in the queue every time it will be executed. Something along the lines of:

# This code assumes you have created a function called "func" 
# that returns the time at which the next execution should happen.
s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
while True:
    if not s.queue():  # Return True if there are no events scheduled
        time_next_run = func()
        s.enterabs(time_next_run, 1, <task_to_schedule_here>, <args_for_the_task>)
    else:
        time.sleep(1800)  # Minimum interval between task executions

However, using the scheduler is - IMO - overkilling. Using datetime objects could suffice, for example a basic implementation would look like:

from datetime import datetime as dt
while True:
    if dt.now().hour in range(start, stop):  #start, stop are integers (eg: 6, 9)
        # call to your scheduled task goes here
        time.sleep(60)  # Minimum interval between task executions
    else:
        time.sleep(10)  # The else clause is not necessary but would prevent the program to keep the CPU busy.

HTH!