Schedule on "last day of month"

Hi all,

is there a way to set a schedule for last day of month? I know I can set the exact day (30,31) but every month is different and I need the schedule on the last day (in February on the 28th, 9th this year)

Thanks
Marco

Not with the schedule date options, but it is possible to do it. There's an elegant approach in this other thread along with a couple other suggestions. I think this one is best.

Set your condition on a schedule run every day to fire if Python returns true. Check to see if tomorrow is in a different Month than today:

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import datetime

current_date = datetime.datetime.today()
nextday_date = datetime.datetime.today() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
if (current_date.month != nextday_date.month):
    return True
else:
    return False

Thanks a lot, but getting an error:

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return True
    ^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: 'return' outside function

Is this anything new in 3.11?

Did you paste the entire code block as it appears? I'm not seeing that error. This isn't anything new with Python 3.11.

What version of Indigo are you using?

Also, that code does NOT go into an action for the schedule. It goes into the Conditions tab.

Good call Joe. I hadn't considered that as a possibility -- but with that -- the error make more sense.