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Converts a python datetime to a crontab expression which fires once (at the date+time specified in the python datetime object)
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datetime_to_cron.py
from datetime import datetime
def datetime_to_cron(dt):
# FYI: not all cron implementations accept the final parameter (year)
return f"cron({dt.minute} {dt.hour} {dt.day} {dt.month} ? {dt.year})"
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Had a problem with datetime.strftime running on Windows. It ran well on Linux, but in Windows it crashed with "Invalid String Format" error.
This fixed it, thank you very much!!

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