otherwise, it seems overkill to need some public API to do this.<p>idk what language you&#x27;re working in, but for local timing issues, Quartz Scheduler is pretty good (for JVM languages). It support cron syntax as well.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quartz-scheduler.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quartz-scheduler.org&#x2F;</a>