# Delayed push message in flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** advancedflow\ **Created:** [October 22, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788 "2024-10-22T13:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agamemnond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/agamemnond/32/117170_2.png) [@Agamemnond](https://community.homey.app/u/Agamemnond)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/1 "2024-10-22T13:43:08Z")
Hi, I try to create an advanced flow that results in a push message. Since I don’t want any messages being sent to me during the night I want to delay the push until a specified time if the flow runs at night time. I would be grateful for help. ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/2 "2024-10-22T17:07:32Z")
Some thoughts: - Store the message text in a variable. Use the [Chronograph app](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/nl.fellownet.chronograph/Chronograph/) to initiate a timer for the duration between now and the time you want the message to be send. Create a seperate flow that is triggered when the timer ends and sends the push notification based on the text in the variable; Or, - Store the message text in variable. Create an additional Yes/No-variable that indicates whether the message has been sent. When the event occurs and it is a time window in which messages may be send, then directly send the notification and set the Yes/No variable to Yes. Otherwise (time window is not ok), save the message text in the message variable and set the Yes/No flag to No. Next create a separate flow that periodically checks whether you have reached the appropriate time window for sending messages and the Yes/No flag is set to No. Then create a push notification based on the message variable and set the Yes/No variable to Yes. Note that you need to ensure that the message variable is not changes by other flows when it is input for a pending notification to be send. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Van\_Deursen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/patrick_van_deursen/32/56539_2.png) [@Patrick\_Van\_Deursen](https://community.homey.app/u/Patrick_Van_Deursen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/3 "2024-10-22T18:37:00Z")
or in stead of chrono, you can use timey: > **[Timey](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/no.kjeet90.timey/Timey/)** > > Make your time flows dynamic with variables and use a flexible or preset time ---
**Author:** ![Agamemnond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/agamemnond/32/117170_2.png) [@Agamemnond](https://community.homey.app/u/Agamemnond)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/4 "2024-10-23T10:13:54Z")
Isn’t there anyway to set a exact time for an event to happened? ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/5 "2024-10-23T10:23:15Z")
```auto WHEN time is 08:00 AND var_message is TRUE THEN sendmessage var_message_text set var_message to FALSE ``` ---
**Author:** ![Agamemnond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/agamemnond/32/117170_2.png) [@Agamemnond](https://community.homey.app/u/Agamemnond)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/6 "2024-10-23T11:48:00Z")
Tanks, I’m sure that’s a way to do it but I’m not familiar with scripts so I don’t understand it completely. Is there a way to do it in advanced flow? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/7 "2024-10-23T13:02:48Z")
When you don’t want to receive push messages @ night, they’re not critical I suppose. For those messages I use the Simple Log app. Just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/8 "2024-10-23T16:47:12Z")
It is not a script but just a description of logic which can be easy realized in a standard flow in a similar way using WHEN, AND and THEN cards. var\_message is a Boolean variable which is set to true when a message shall be send, var\_messagetext is a text variable which contains the text to be send. Both variables shall be set in a flow when something (you did not describe) happens. Just look up the corresponding cards in advanced flows. Standard flows and advanced flows are just a different presentation of the same logic flow. ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/delayed-push-message-in-flow/118788/9 "2024-10-23T18:45:35Z")
Just as an illustrative example (sorry for the Dutch elements, so I added some notes): ![Message Sent Flag Example](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/c/8c827aee875eed158bfed952fbd455dca1777402.png)