| Frequently Asked Questions |
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| Frequently asked questions on the usage of schedule. |
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| when I try to use schedule. |
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| This happens if your code imports the wrong ``schedule`` module. |
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| It seems python can |
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| Did you install schedule? If not, follow :doc:`installation`. Validate installation: |
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| * Did you install using pip? Run ``pip3 list | grep schedule``. This should return ``schedule 0.6.0`` (or a higher version number) |
| * Did you install using apt? Run ``dpkg -l | grep python3-schedule``. This should return something along the lines of ``python3-schedule 0.3.2-1.1 Job scheduling for humans (Python 3)`` (or a higher version number) |
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| Are you used python 3 to install Schedule, and are running the script using python 3? |
| For example, if you installed schedule using a version of pip that uses Python 2, and your code runs in Python 3, the package won |
| In this case the solution is to install Schedule using pip3: ``pip3 install schedule``. |
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| Are you using virtualenv? Check that you are running the script inside the same virtualenv where you installed schedule. |
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| Is this problem occurring when running the program from inside and IDE like PyCharm or VSCode? |
| Try to run your program from a commandline outside of the IDE. |
| If it works there, the problem is with your IDE configuration. |
| It might be that your IDE uses a different Python interpreter installation. |
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| Still having problems? Use Google and StackOverflow before submitting an issue. |
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| Does schedule support time zones? |
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| Vanilla schedule doesn’t support time zones at the moment. |
| If you need this functionality please check out @imiric’s work `here <https://github.com/dbader/schedule/pull/16>`_. |
| He added time zone support to schedule using python-dateutil. |
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| What if my task throws an exception? |
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| See :doc:`Exception Handling <exception-handling>`. |
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| How can I run a job only once? |
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| See :doc:`Examples <examples>`. |
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| How can I cancel several jobs at once? |
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| See :doc:`Examples <examples>`. |
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| How to execute jobs in parallel? |
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| See :doc:`Parallel Execution <parallel-execution>`. |
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| How to continuously run the scheduler without blocking the main thread? |
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| :doc:`Background Execution<background-execution>`. |
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| Another question? |
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| If you are left with an unanswered question, `browse the issue tracker <http://github.com/dbader/schedule/issues>`_ to see if your question has been asked before. |
| Feel free to create a new issue if that |
