I would like to add a 15 hr delay to Zapier, but I want the delay to follow a business day, so if zap runs on Friday night, then the delay would be released on Monday not Saturday.
How can I do that?
How do I delay of 15hrs of business days only
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8 February 2023
Hi
We have an article in Community that discusses how to delay Zaps so that they only run during business hours which I think should be helpful to you in setting up the desired workflow here:
Hopefully that helps to get you started. Please do let us know if you run into any issues on that at all!
Hi
We have an article in Community that discusses how to delay Zaps so that they only run during business hours which I think should be helpful to you in setting up the desired workflow here:
Hopefully that helps to get you started. Please do let us know if you run into any issues on that at all!
I did go through it before, but it doesn’t align with what am trying to do.
That Article is for delaying until a specific time and am delaying for specific hours
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8 February 2023
Hi
It would be exactly the same setup. When would you release it on Monday? 8 AM?
Hi
It would be exactly the same setup. When would you release it on Monday? 8 AM?
I dont understand, I want to add a 15 hrs delay only, not delay until a certain time like 8am or something.
For example: if the automation triggers on Thursday 12am then I want the delay to hold for 15hrs before continuing, not sure how the lookup table with the dates can help in here.
Or am I missing something?
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8 February 2023
I mean, if it's Friday, and the delay for 15 hours will put it in Saturday noon, you want to release it on Monday, what time?
I mean, if it's Friday, and the delay for 15 hours will put it in Saturday noon, you want to release it on Monday, what time?
I dont have a specific time to release them, I just want to add a 15hrs delay from the date and time the trigger happens.
If something happens on Friday night, then I want the delay to resume from Monday 12:00 am onwards till the 15 hour mark is completed.
Does that make it clear?
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8 February 2023
That makes it a bit complicated but nothing cannot be solved.
It would need a bit of complicated Code by Zapier step to do this calculation
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24 February 2023
This Python Code step should be pretty close to what you need:
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from dateutil import tz
my_timezone = tz.gettz('US/Pacific')
now = datetime.now(my_timezone)
release_time = now + timedelta(hours=15)
if release_time.weekday() == 5:
release_time = release_time + timedelta(hours=48)
elif release_time.weekday() == 6:
release_time = release_time + timedelta(hours=24)
output = [{'release_time': str(release_time)}]
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