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An administrator can schedule routine tasks very precisely from ''Administration > Site administration > Server > Scheduled tasks.''

Note that you still need to run the [[Cron|CRON scripts]] (\admin\cli\cron.php or http:\\yoursite\admin\cron.php) at regular intervals. The script is best run every minute.

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Clicking the edit icon allows the administrator to specify the minute/hour/day/month or day of the week the task is to be run. It is also possible to reset the task to its default setting or disable it completely.

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New scheduled tasks in Moodle 2.8 onwards are:

* Update all installed language packs 
* Cleanup of unverified incoming email
* Incoming email pickup
* Removing any unnecessary event monitor events 

In Moodle 2.8.3 onwards, the column 'Next run' provides information on whether a plugin or a task is disabled (as well as the date that a task will next run).

==Format for scheduling tasks==

When typing into the fields, the format is the same as for Unix cron. Examples are as follows and are according to which field you are editing:

 * is every minute, hour, day, month
 */2 is every two minutes, every two hours or every second day
 2-10 is every minute between two and ten past the hour or every hour between 2 and 10 am 
 0 is every Sunday
 1 is every Monday or every January
 2,5 is the second and 5th of the month, or February and May, or Tuesday and Friday.

==Fail Delay==

If you're trying to debug a cron task, you may notice the Fail Delay becomes populated with a number. This is the time in seconds the cron will delay running the task. To sidestep this problem for development purposes, take a look at the Scheduled Tasks section here: [[Administration_via_command_line#Scheduled_tasks]]

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