# Start a flow on specific days of the week **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [August 9, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140 "2024-08-09T14:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yair\_Regev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yair_regev/32/104578_2.png) [@Yair\_Regev](https://community.homey.app/u/Yair_Regev)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/1 "2024-08-09T14:28:52Z")
Hi, I would like to run a flow every Friday night at 9pm But, I can only find a “when” card saying “the time is” So seems like I need something that will trigger homey every day at 9m, and then in the “and” section I can check for the day of the week. This seems inefficient for many flows. Is there a way to add the day of the week to the “when” section? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/6/f6dfd6014f51e3f8a9bd565662c631166f54bec8.png) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/2 "2024-08-09T14:30:54Z")
> [@Yair\_Regev](#): > > Is there a way to add the day of the week to the “when” section? No, “When” cards are for events (like the time becoming 21:30), “AND” cards are for conditions (like the current day being a Friday). ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/3 "2024-08-09T14:51:39Z")
With crontab (Action Scheduler app), you can accomplish a trigger you’d prefer Example, this triggers at 16:45 on each 5th day (Friday), which happens to be today: > ![1000010349](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/2/7205d31768a202c92d617a5eb2427cddc5b8c50f.jpeg) > ![1000010343](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/3/43657aac70e0762f4cc5ffddee460b16463627a6.jpeg) Now, when I change the time into an hour before now, it is scheduled for next Friday > ![1000010345](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/0/d04c897211e7c0ce7b131aac2a0ed0727f6e6dda.jpeg) Trigger card: > ![1000010351](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/6/8663616ba5e2bf04b06e6232fb880299e6973b64.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DirkH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkh/32/78952_2.png) [@DirkH](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkH)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/4 "2024-08-09T15:01:46Z")
Hi @Yair_Regev , It’s similar to @Peter_Kawa 's solution, I just prefer cronjob. There you use the card ![cronjob general](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/c/1ca17af6c5755700aef41fcdb70cfd50bee72bf6.png) and in your case it would look like ![cronjob example](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/a/7a95924cca569957ff24e1f40c6f9eae4c3e45d0.png) The seconds number can be anything. I just don’t like to start with zero in seconds, in order to avoid conflicts with _Every x minutes_. It is just like a small _delay_. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/5 "2024-08-09T17:10:51Z")
> [@Yair\_Regev](#): > > Is there a way to add the day of the week to the “when” section? Yes, even without an extra App - indirectly on Homey Pro by creating an Alarm at that time and day only and trigger on the named Alarm going off… ![Screenshot_20240809_191141_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/6/56daed7cd46c388e946d4736df4d093782c53c1d.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20240809_191218_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/d/fdcd49a1f4d72e14f1c61d838e4bd56a3ec7c4f3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/6 "2024-08-10T12:27:59Z")
As far as I know, you can also create a trigger with the [Advanced Scheduler](https://homey.app/en-de/app/com.fp.advanced-scheduler/Advanced-Scheduler/) app, which is only triggered on Friday at 9 pm. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-a-flow-on-specific-days-of-the-week/114140/7 "2024-08-10T15:35:12Z")
So many ways to trigger a flow every Friday at 9PM!