Scheduled Job - First Friday of each month

[Martyna]

Hi All,

I need to create a scheduled job for a task to generate on the first Friday of each month. I have seen similar question but I have one problem - I cannot specify the name of the day when the job will be running, only day numbers are available. Could you please advise me how to deal with it?

Thanks,

Martyna

[Peter Bodelier · Accepted solution]

Hi @Martyna 

You can use this:

answer = isFirstFridayOfMonth();
function isFirstFridayOfMonth() {
  // Get the current date
  const currentDate = new Date();

  // Get the first day of the month
  const firstDayOfMonth = new Date(currentDate.getFullYear(), currentDate.getMonth(), 1);

  // Check if the current day is a Friday
  const isFriday = currentDate.getDay() === 5;

  // Check if the current day is the first Friday of the month
  const isFirstFridayOfMonth = isFriday && firstDayOfMonth.getDay() === 5;

  return isFirstFridayOfMonth;
}

[Peter Bodelier · Accepted solution]

Hi @Martyna 

You can use this:

answer = isFirstFridayOfMonth();
function isFirstFridayOfMonth() {
  // Get the current date
  const currentDate = new Date();

  // Get the first day of the month
  const firstDayOfMonth = new Date(currentDate.getFullYear(), currentDate.getMonth(), 1);

  // Check if the current day is a Friday
  const isFriday = currentDate.getDay() === 5;

  // Check if the current day is the first Friday of the month
  const isFirstFridayOfMonth = isFriday && firstDayOfMonth.getDay() === 5;

  return isFirstFridayOfMonth;
}

[Martyna]

Thank you Peter!

[piyushsain]

@Martyna This code will work on any Friday of the Month, not the first Friday

[piyushsain · Accepted solution]

Hi @Martyna ,

Use this in the condition of scheduled job:

answer = (new Date().getDay() == 5) && (new Date().getDate() <=7);