How to call a method daily, at specific time, in C#?

Here's a way to do this using TPL. No need to create/dispose of a timer, etc:

void ScheduleSomething()
{

    var runAt = DateTime.Today + TimeSpan.FromHours(16);

    if (runAt <= DateTime.Now)
    {
        DoSomething();
    }
    else
    {
        var delay = runAt - DateTime.Now;
        System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Delay(delay).ContinueWith(_ => DoSomething());
    }

}

void DoSomething()
{
    // do somethig
}

This little program should be the solution ;-)

I hope this helps everyone.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace DailyWorker
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var cancellationSource = new CancellationTokenSource();

            var utils = new Utils();
            var task = Task.Run(
                () => utils.DailyWorker(12, 30, 00, () => DoWork(cancellationSource.Token), cancellationSource.Token));

            Console.WriteLine("Hit [return] to close!");
            Console.ReadLine();

            cancellationSource.Cancel();
            task.Wait();
        }

        private static void DoWork(CancellationToken token)
        {
            while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                Console.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString("G"));
                Console.CursorLeft = 0;
                Task.Delay(1000).Wait();
            }
        }
    }

    public class Utils
    {
        public void DailyWorker(int hour, int min, int sec, Action someWork, CancellationToken token)
        {
            while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                var dateTimeNow = DateTime.Now;
                var scanDateTime = new DateTime(
                    dateTimeNow.Year,
                    dateTimeNow.Month,
                    dateTimeNow.Day,
                    hour,       // <-- Hour when the method should be started.
                    min,  // <-- Minutes when the method should be started.
                    sec); // <-- Seconds when the method should be started.

                TimeSpan ts;
                if (scanDateTime > dateTimeNow)
                {
                    ts = scanDateTime - dateTimeNow;
                }
                else
                {
                    scanDateTime = scanDateTime.AddDays(1);
                    ts           = scanDateTime - dateTimeNow;
                }

                try
                {
                     Task.Delay(ts).Wait(token);
                }
                catch (OperationCanceledException)
                {
                    break;
                }

                // Method to start
                someWork();
            }
        }
    }
}

I just recently wrote a c# app that had to restart daily. I realize this question is old but I don't think it hurts to add another possible solution. This is how I handled daily restarts at a specified time.

public void RestartApp()
{
  AppRestart = AppRestart.AddHours(5);
  AppRestart = AppRestart.AddMinutes(30);
  DateTime current = DateTime.Now;
  if (current > AppRestart) { AppRestart = AppRestart.AddDays(1); }

  TimeSpan UntilRestart = AppRestart - current;
  int MSUntilRestart = Convert.ToInt32(UntilRestart.TotalMilliseconds);

  tmrRestart.Interval = MSUntilRestart;
  tmrRestart.Elapsed += tmrRestart_Elapsed;
  tmrRestart.Start();
}

To ensure your timer is kept in scope I recommend creating it outside of the method using System.Timers.Timer tmrRestart = new System.Timers.Timer() method. Put the method RestartApp() in your form load event. When the application launches it will set the values for AppRestart if current is greater than the restart time we add 1 day to AppRestart to ensure the restart happens on time and that we don't get an exception for putting a negative value into the timer. In the tmrRestart_Elapsed event run whatever code you need ran at that specific time. If your application restarts on it's own you don't necessarily have to stop the timer but it doesn't hurt either, If the application does not restart simply call the RestartApp() method again and you will be good to go.

How about a 3 liner?

        DateTime startTime = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(8).AddMinutes(30); // Today starts at midnight, so add the number of days, hours and minutes until the desired start time, which in this case is the next day at 8:30 a.m.
        TimeSpan waitFor = startTime - DateTime.Now; // Calcuate how long it is until the start time
        await Task.Delay(waitFor); // Wait until the start time

I found this very useful:

using System;
using System.Timers;

namespace ScheduleTimer
{
    class Program
    {
        static Timer timer;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            schedule_Timer();
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        static void schedule_Timer()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("### Timer Started ###");

            DateTime nowTime = DateTime.Now;
            DateTime scheduledTime = new DateTime(nowTime.Year, nowTime.Month, nowTime.Day, 8, 42, 0, 0); //Specify your scheduled time HH,MM,SS [8am and 42 minutes]
            if (nowTime > scheduledTime)
            {
                scheduledTime = scheduledTime.AddDays(1);
            }

            double tickTime = (double)(scheduledTime - DateTime.Now).TotalMilliseconds;
            timer = new Timer(tickTime);
            timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(timer_Elapsed);
            timer.Start();
        }

        static void timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("### Timer Stopped ### \n");
            timer.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine("### Scheduled Task Started ### \n\n");
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!!! - Performing scheduled task\n");
            Console.WriteLine("### Task Finished ### \n\n");
            schedule_Timer();
        }
    }
}

Try to use Windows Task Scheduler. Create an exe which is not prompting for any user inputs.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/task-scheduler-start-page

24 hours times

var DailyTime = "16:59:00";
            var timeParts = DailyTime.Split(new char[1] { ':' });

            var dateNow = DateTime.Now;
            var date = new DateTime(dateNow.Year, dateNow.Month, dateNow.Day,
                       int.Parse(timeParts[0]), int.Parse(timeParts[1]), int.Parse(timeParts[2]));
            TimeSpan ts;
            if (date > dateNow)
                ts = date - dateNow;
            else
            {
                date = date.AddDays(1);
                ts = date - dateNow;
            }

            //waits certan time and run the code
            Task.Delay(ts).ContinueWith((x) => OnTimer());

public void OnTimer()
    {
        ViewBag.ErrorMessage = "EROOROOROROOROR";
    }

A simple example for one task:

using System;
using System.Timers;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    internal class Scheduler
    {
        private static readonly DateTime scheduledTime = 
            new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day, 10, 0, 0);
        private static DateTime dateTimeLastRunTask;

        internal static void CheckScheduledTask()
        {
            if (dateTimeLastRunTask.Date < DateTime.Today && scheduledTime.TimeOfDay < DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Time to run task");
                dateTimeLastRunTask = DateTime.Now;
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("not yet time");
            }
        }
    }

    internal class Program
    {
        private static Timer timer;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            timer = new Timer(5000);
            timer.Elapsed += OnTimer;
            timer.Start();
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void OnTimer(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            Scheduler.CheckScheduledTask();
        }
    }
}

Solution with System.Threading.Timer:

    private void nameOfMethod()
    {
        //do something
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// run method at 22:00 every day
    /// </summary>
    private void runMethodEveryDay()
    {
        var runAt = DateTime.Today + TimeSpan.FromHours(22);

        if(runAt.Hour>=22)
            runAt = runAt.AddDays(1.00d); //if aplication is started after 22:00 

        var dueTime = runAt - DateTime.Now; //time before first run ; 

        long broj3 = (long)dueTime.TotalMilliseconds;
        TimeSpan ts2 = new TimeSpan(24, 0, 1);//period of repeating method
        long broj4 = (long)ts2.TotalMilliseconds;
        timer2 = new System.Threading.Timer(_ => nameOfMethod(), null, broj3, broj4);
    }