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Asked: 2026-05-13T14:55:30+00:00

In my Django app, I need to implement this timer-based functionality: User creates some

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In my Django app, I need to implement this “timer-based” functionality:

  1. User creates some jobs and for each one defines when (in the same unit the timer works, probably seconds) it will take place.
  2. User starts the timer.
  3. User may pause and resume the timer whenever he wants.
  4. A job is executed when its time is due.

This does not fit a typical cron scenario as time of execution is tied to a timer that the user can start, pause and resume.

What is the preferred way of doing this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I used the probably simplest (crudest is more appropriate, I’m afraid) approach possible: 1. Wrote a model featuring the current position and the state of the counter (active, paused, etc), 2. A django job that increments the counter if its state is active, 3. An entry to the cron that executes the job every minute.

    Thanks everyone for the answers.

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