Schedule Django Celery periodic tasks to run from time to other time

Question

How can I accomplish running Django Celery tasks to be running only from Mon to Friday and on those days only from 9am to 5pm EST?

celery.py

from celery.schedule import crontab


app.conf.beat_schedule = {
    'compute-every-5-seconds': {
         'task': 'sum',
         'schedule': crontab(),
     },
  }

What parameters should I add to crontab() that it would run those days and between only those hours?

Answer 1

celery.py

from celery.schedule import crontab
app.conf.beat_schedule = {
    'compute-every-minute-mon-through-friday-9-to-5': {
         'task': 'sum',
         'schedule': crontab(minute='*/1',
hour='9-17', day_of_week='mon,tue,wed,thu,fri'),
     },
  }

minute='*/1' - runs every minute

hour='9-17' - runs 9am to 5pm

day_of_week='mon,tue,wed,thu,fri' - Monday through Friday

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