# Run Gateway Script Once Daily **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition78, ignition79, scripting\ **Created:** [November 20, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-gateway-script-once-daily/16050 "2017-11-20T00:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robert1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@robert1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-gateway-script-once-daily/16050/1 "2017-11-20T00:56:30Z")
Hello- I’d like for a gateway script to run once per day at a specific time. With the built-in options, it looks like I can only use a “timer script” to run on a 24hr delay to accomplish this, but this doesn’t let me choose which time the script should run (i’m stuck trying to get the delay timer started at approximately when I want it to run). What would be the best way to do this? I’d like the script to run at 2am every night, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-gateway-script-once-daily/16050/2 "2017-11-20T01:39:38Z")
This was recently discussed in [this thread](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-global-event-based-on-time-of-day/15975). ---
**Author:** ![robert1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@robert1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-gateway-script-once-daily/16050/3 "2017-11-20T02:00:46Z")
Thanks! That strategy makes sense, I will definitely do that. I did make an attempt to search forum before posting, I guess I was not using the right keywords.