# Creating a time based schedule

To create a schedule that runs at a specific time first click the create button, then name it and create a trigger. If we want to start the server at 12pm for example we'd do the following. `0 0 12 <em>*</em> * *` Starts the server at 12pm exactly. It's important we set the second and minute to 0.

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Next we need to add our action, in this example we want to start the server[![image.png](https://knowledgebase.suhosting.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/tjZimage.png)](https://knowledgebase.suhosting.net/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/tjZimage.png)

Click "Create First Step"

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Change the action type to "Send Power Signal" and the power action to "Start", click create and that's it for your start action.  
Next create a new schedule to stop the server. In this example we're stopping the server at 3pm

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after that add the same new action to stop the server and you're all set