"AT" like in PEARL

[haichen]

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AT 12:00:00 ALL 1 SEC UNTIL 12:00:10 ACTIVATE Task1 PRIORITY 5;

just saw this line of code in PEARL, and immediately thought something like "AT" would be a nice command in Autohotkey as well. But it's probably not a good idea, because the Windows times can be quite inaccurate. On the other hand there is of course the scheduler. So I ask how stupid this suggestion is.

[Delta Pythagorean]

What exactly does this do?

[haichen]

AT 12:00:00 - do something at this timestamp ... That's the point I found interesting.

[haichen]

But at the moment I have no idea how to integrate such a command. Maybe as a supplement to settimer ..setrunat? Is it really useful? And could it be done?

[nnnik]

Yes and yes but I think this would be rather trivial to implement using libraries so I doubt it's needed.

[jeeswg]

Some relevant links:

How to Run at Specific Time in Milliseconds? - Page 2 - AutoHotkey Community
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35813&p=165548#p165548

SetTimer VS Computer Sleep Mode - AutoHotkey Community
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=41598

Run a script every specified weekday at specified time (use ahk instead of task manager) - AutoHotkey Community
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=62954

[haichen]

I did some scheduled tasks in the past with settimer and checking a_now. I can't really say why, but i don't like this (my) code. Well .. settimer could also be implemented as a loop.
But if nobody sees it as a good idea, it probably isn't.