Timer with offset?

[hemna]

I have a series of jobs that I kick off with the same timer, but I want to be able to start
those jobs with an offset from the initial timer. Say I have 6 jobs, and I want to start the first job at
1:00am, the next loop start at 1:00am + 30 minutes, the next loop starts a job with the same timer with offset 1 hour, and so on.

Do I have to create a separate timer resource for each of those?, or can I use the same timer starting at 1:00am with an offset?

[owenfarrell]

I think the key question is whether or not your jobs are scheduled on a fixed period, or a fixed delay.

If your jobs are triggered on a fixed period, I think you could specify both an interval and a time range (i.e. {interval: 30m, start: 1:00 AM, stop: 3:45 AM}). But in this scenario, you need to be careful about the potential for overlapping runs (i.e. use serial_groups where necessary).

If your jobs run on a fixed delay, the conclusion on #43 is that a task is really what's needed.