Add Cron Job as Time Trigger in Automations

[RALFISBORN]

Hello,

it is currently only possible to set a trigger at a specific time:

However, if I want to run an automation every 3 hours, for example, this is currently not possible without further ado.
At the moment I am using Node-Red (Node: Cronjobplus) to generate the trigger:

However, it would be very helpful if I could also select a cronjob as an additional time trigger in an automation.

Can this please be implemented?

Thank you very much

[envy]

There exists a time pattern trigger:

trigger: time_pattern

It's not exactly cron-like, but allows for periodíc triggers

[RALFISBORN]

Certainly useful as a workaround and for certain applications, but nowhere near as flexible as cronjob.

Besides, cronjob is quite widespread ;)