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title: The Schedule block
updated: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
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slug: docs/postman-flows/reference/blocks/schedule
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The **Schedule** block is a special block in [deployable flows](/docs/postman-flows/reference/flows-actions-overview/) that lets you specify when and how often a flow will automatically run in the cloud. The **Schedule** block replaces the **Request** block or **Start** block when you set a run schedule for the deployable flow. Like the **Request** and **Start** blocks, the **Schedule** block can't be deleted.
## Outputs
**Timestamp** - Sends the date and time as a JSON key/value pair with the following format:
```json
{
"startTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSZ"
}
```
## Setup
To access the **Schedule** block in your flow, click **Change trigger** on the [**Start**](/docs/postman-flows/reference/blocks/start/) or [**Request**](/docs/postman-flows/reference/blocks/request/) block and select 
**Schedule**.
In the **Schedule** block's text box, enter a schedule in plain language and click **Apply**. For example, you could enter "Run every five minutes for one hour" or "Run every Tuesday at 2:00 PM PDT." The shortest time increment you can schedule is one minute. The longest is one year. To edit the schedule, click 
**Edit Schedule**.
The **Schedule** block doesn't need to be connected to any other blocks to run the flow at the specified times. You can optionally connect the **Timestamp** output to any blocks you want to receive the time and date when the flow was triggered.
After you define the schedule, you can deploy the flow to begin the scheduled runs. To learn how, see [Deploy flows in the Postman cloud](/docs/postman-flows/build-flows/structure/actions/).
## Example
The following example shows a flow with a **Schedule** block set to run the flow every Tuesday at 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time:
