# Tag to Monitor Schedule Active (Yes/No) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-to-monitor-schedule-active-yes-no/34836 "2020-05-18T12:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![tupanaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@tupanaster](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tupanaster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-to-monitor-schedule-active-yes-no/34836/8 "2023-11-02T10:32:58Z")
Same question. It's handy to know if a user is scheduled using `system.user.isUserScheduled` but at the same time it could be useful to know if a schedule is active. These links don't provide a solution, they're just different threads of the same question. > [@How can I read when an schedule is active](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-read-when-an-schedule-is-active/58306): > > hello. is there a way to read this through an script ? > [@Check if schedule is active](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-if-schedule-is-active/21967): > > I wonder if there’s a better way to see if a user schedule is active inside a python script. Currently I have this script to get a timeline from a schedule, and see if it’s active. It works but it’s not elegant (way too much date types used, and I have to go too deep in the Ignition classes). Does someone have something more elegant? import java.util.Date import java.util.Calendar import datetime def isScheduleActive(scheduleName): now = java.util.Date() cal = java.util.Calendar.getI… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-to-monitor-schedule-active-yes-no/34836)._