# How to run a flow only once a day?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-run-a-flow-only-once-a-day/24915>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** app, tools, flow\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-run-a-flow-only-once-a-day/24915 "2020-01-24T08:21:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-run-a-flow-only-once-a-day/24915/6 "2020-01-24T09:32:34Z")

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> [@Igy](#):
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> You can use timer functionality (Countdown) that will last 24 hours and will start as soon as flow will start. Until it will run, flow will not start again (use it in then condition).

Hm, let’s say on Monday I leave the house at 8 o’clock and the vacuums are started. The next day I leave at 7 o’clock, but the cleaning would not be started cause the countdown time is still greater than 0. What could work is, I set the countdown timer to `24h - $current_time` =\> `24h - 8 o'clock = 16h`. This would ensure that the earliest time the flow could run again would be at midnight.  
This sounds okay - I will try that!

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