# Scheduling certain tasks in ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-certain-tasks-in-ruby/105654>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-certain-tasks-in-ruby/105654 "2007-06-01T02:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![hyped](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@hyped](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hyped)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-certain-tasks-in-ruby/105654/1 "2007-06-01T02:38:55Z")

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I want to be able to execute a certain task at a specified time. For  
example, a user types in a reminder and a certain date/time. I want to  
be able to send an email containing that reminder at exactly that date  
and time. Would I use cron jobs for accomplishing this, or is there  
another way?

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**Author:** ![hyped](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@hyped](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hyped)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scheduling-certain-tasks-in-ruby/105654/2 "2007-06-01T10:20:11Z")

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hyped wrote:

> I want to be able to execute a certain task at a specified time. For  
> example, a user types in a reminder and a certain date/time. I want to  
> be able to send an email containing that reminder at exactly that date  
> and time. Would I use cron jobs for accomplishing this, or is there  
> another way?

Try googling BackgrounDRB.