SQL SERVER – Find Next Running Time of Scheduled Job Using T-SQL

14 years ago

I often receive a good question on the blog, however, I do not always receive a good answer for the questions. Recently someone asked on a blog about Finding next run time for Schedule Job using T-SQL. My friend came up with a nice script. I have modified it a bit to adjust needs. This blog post is about finding the next running time of scheduled job using T-SQL.

USE msdb
;WITH CTE AS (SELECT schedule_id, job_id, 
RIGHT('0'+CAST(next_run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6) AS 
next_run_time, next_run_dateFROM sysjobschedules)
SELECT A.name Job_Name,
'Will be running today at '+
SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CASE WHEN SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time) , 1 ,2) > 12
THEN SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time),1,2) -12
ELSE SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time),1,2) END),1,2)
+':'+SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), next_run_time),3,2)
+':'+SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), next_run_time ),5,2) 'Scheduled At'
FROM sysjobs A ,CTE B
WHERE A.job_id = B.job_id
AND SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_date) , 5,2) +'/'+
SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_date) , 7,2) +'/'+
SUBSTRING(CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_date),1,4) = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),101)
AND (SUBSTRING( CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),
CASE WHEN SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time) , 1 ,2) > 12
THEN SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time) , 1 ,2) -12
ELSE SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),next_run_time) , 1 ,2) END),1,2)
+':'+SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), next_run_time ),3,2)
+':'+SUBSTRING (CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), next_run_time ),5,2)) >
SUBSTRING (CONVERT( VARCHAR(30) , GETDATE(),9),13,7)

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40 Comments. Leave new

Imran Mohammed
December 22, 2008 7:09 am
Hello Pinal,
Thanks for publishing this comment.
I remember the question was something like this,
I wanted to know the jobs that are scheduled for today and not yet executed.
So I wrote this script in a way that it will check for todays job and also it will check for time, say its 4 PM now… it will list all the jobs that are scheduled to run after 4 PM… ( today ), it will not list those jobs before 4 PM ( in our example)
I wrote this script in hurry as I was leaving to home from my job… so I did not check it completely… Thanks for fixing it.
Thanks
IM.
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Derek W
December 22, 2008 9:10 pm
When I ran it, I received this error:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near ‘‘’.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 5
Incorrect syntax near ‘‘’.
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Bobby Rentfro
December 22, 2008 11:52 pm
1. Replace all the single quotes after copying and pasting the code. Mine always replace the single quotes with another character for some reason.
2. Replace the CTE in the from clause with an embedded subselect:
FROM sysjobs A ,(SELECT schedule_id, job_id, RIGHT(‘0′+CAST(next_run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6) AS next_run_time, next_run_date
FROM sysjobschedules) CTE
3. Comment out lines 2 and 3
4. Run the script.
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Jerry Hung
December 23, 2008 1:51 am
Cleaned it up a bit, it’s useful to have for knowing what the upcoming jobs are without worrying about all the details (frequency, enabled, etc…) where they are many scripts available as well
————–
USE msdb
;WITH CTE AS (
SELECT schedule_id, job_id, RIGHT(‘0’+CAST(next_run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6) AS next_run_time, next_run_date
FROM sysjobschedules)
SELECT A.name Job_Name
–, next_run_date, next_run_time
,’Will be running today at ‘+
Stuff(Stuff(right(‘000000’+Cast(next_run_time as Varchar),6),3,0,’:’),6,0,’:’) ‘ScheduledAt’
FROM sysjobs A ,CTE B
WHERE A.job_id = B.job_id
AND cast(cast(next_run_date as varchar(15)) as datetime) = CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),101) — same date
AND next_run_time > REPLACE(SUBSTRING(CONVERT( VARCHAR(30) , GETDATE(),120),12,10),’:’,”) — compare time
ORDER BY ScheduledAt ASC
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guhPuntee
January 4, 2009 6:38 am
Hi all!
My name is James and I’m new here :). So far this is an incredible place for information and I have spent a ton of time reading and browsing around. Look forward to hearing from you!
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Brembot
November 18, 2009 2:03 pm
Is there a way to know that the scheduled jobs are NOT running on a specified time schedule? I encounter this one once we restarted the server and the jobs schedule missed.
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eRanga
February 22, 2010 3:57 am
Is there any way that I can update the next run time with a script ?
I have applied,
Update sysjobschedules
set next_run_date = CONVERT( VARCHAR(10) , GETDATE()+1,112)
where job_id=’9F505A75-8A76-48F3-A4E1-12336DA0DF64′
and it says success but doesnt reflect the results on job activity monitor.
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jayant dass
July 12, 2010 7:32 pm
Hi
1. I want a report when job start execute and finish then I Can calculate how much time taken to execute a particular job using TSQL
2. Retrive all DTS or SSIS package schdule on server
Thanks in advance
Regards
Jayant Dass
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RGP
September 22, 2010 3:28 pm
Hi,
I have scheduled a sql 2005 job to run at 1am in the morning,
example:
10-09-10 > I created a job
So the job properties show scheduled for the first run on 11-09-10 , 1 am.
Now, when I checked the job history on 11-09-10 I didnt see any job history for it.
Howver I could see that the last executed date was 11-09-10, but no job history.
Please advice.
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RGP
September 23, 2010 2:21 pm
thats a bug, the very next day I could see the job history
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Mark Johnson
May 11, 2011 8:00 pm
Great script just what i needed thanks.
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Derek
August 16, 2011 5:00 pm
Just remember that sysjobschedules refreshes every 20 minutes , so may not reflect recent job runs. So what appears as a bug with no refresh of next run datetime is just a SQLAgent thing which magically disappears (probably after you’ve tried a few things so you put it down to your own genius).
I’ve looked hard but can’t find how to force it to refresh or change the 20 minutes to something more acceptable, even with 2k8R2.
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Derek
August 16, 2011 7:13 pm
Well, it seems master.dbo.xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs is the answer.
This undocumented sproc sees the SQL Agent updates immediately.
I’ve written a sproc to return the next run date & time as a datetime given the name of the job. I hope this helps someone out there, I know I could have done with it a few months ago and it’s good to give something back.
Regards
Derek
/****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[udfGetDateTimeFromInteger] Script Date: 08/16/2011 14:38:17 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
/* =============================================
— Author: Derek Robinson
— Create date: 25/05/11
— Description: return a datetime based on 2 integers passed
(used with scheduled jobs)
— Usage: select dbo.udfGetDateTimeFromInteger(20110601, 0)
— Returns: equivalent datetime
— =============================================*/
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udfGetDateTimeFromInteger]
(
@intDate int,
@intTime int
)
RETURNS datetime
AS
BEGIN
— Declare the return variable here
DECLARE @DT_datetime datetime = NULL,
@str_date varchar(11),
@str_time varchar(8)
if(@intDate is not null and @intDate > 0)
begin
select @str_date = CONVERT(varchar(11),@intDate)
select @str_date = SUBSTRING(@str_date,1,4)+’/’+SUBSTRING(@str_date,5,2)+’/’+SUBSTRING(@str_date,7,2)
if @intTime=0
select @str_time =’000000′
else
select @str_time = right(‘0’+CONVERT(varchar(11),@intTime),6)
select @str_time = SUBSTRING(@str_time,1,2)+’:’+SUBSTRING(@str_time,3,2)+’:’+SUBSTRING(@str_time,5,2)
select @DT_datetime = CAST(@str_date+’ ‘+@str_time as datetime)
end
— Return the result of the function
RETURN @DT_datetime
END
GO
/* =============================================
— Author: Derek Robinson
— Create date: 16/08/11
— Description: return a datetime on the next run date/time of a give @job_name
uses undocumented proc xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs. Circumvents the 20 min delay in
refreshing sysjobschedules. For those of us where 20 minutes is a lifetime.
— Example usage: (highlight and run)
declare @nextRunDateTime datetime
exec uspGetNextRunDateTime @job_name=’ValueLink Price File Output’, @nextRunDateTime = @nextRunDateTime output
select @nextRunDateTime
— Returns: datetime of next run or NULL if not found
— =============================================*/
alter proc [dbo].[uspGetNextRunDateTime]
(
@job_name varchar(250),
@nextRunDateTime datetime output
)
as
BEGIN
create table #xp_results(
job_id uniqueidentifier not null,
last_run_date int not null,
last_run_time int not null,
next_run_date int not null,
next_run_time int not null,
next_run_schedule_id int not null,
requested_to_run int not null, — bool
request_source int not null,
request_source_id sysname collate database_default null,
running int not null, — bool
current_step int not null,
current_retry_attempt int not null,
job_state int not null )
insert #xp_results exec master.dbo.xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs @is_sysadmin = 1, @job_owner = ”
select @nextRunDateTime = dbo.udfGetDateTimeFromInteger(r.next_run_date, r.next_run_time)
from #xp_results r inner join msdb..sysjobs j on
r.job_id = j.job_id
where j.name = @job_name
drop table #xp_results
RETURN
END
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Derek
August 16, 2011 7:14 pm
please change the ‘alter’ to a ‘create’ for me in the above code. Thanks.
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Amar
September 21, 2011 2:50 pm
Hi Pinal,
This is my first quaery on your blog..
My reuirement is I wanted to shedule my job to run on particular date
of every year and the dates are
01/31
04/30
07/31
10/31
Please suggest me solution for this.
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- Derek
  September 21, 2011 9:21 pm
  Set up 4 schedules for that job, in the first case, on the 31st day recurring every 12 months with a start date of 01/31
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- madhivanan
  September 22, 2011 2:26 pm
  In the job schedule option goto
  Frequency–>The–>Select Last–>select day–>select 3 months
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Derek
September 21, 2011 9:56 pm
..oh and make sure you set the start date in the future, there’s a bug where if it’s in the past then the nex run date is only 1 month hence.
see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/collaborate/connect-redirect
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Sheila
October 26, 2011 6:38 pm
Hi, I am writing to try and get resolution to a problem I am having. I have a new install of SQL 2008R2 and I have set up maintenance plans to backup the databases. I have scheduled the jobs to run at 10 pm. The first evening the jobs ran fine, then they stopped running. The new server is on a different domain, so I changed the jobs to use a sql login from my AD login. I can run the jobs manually at any time. I can even get the jobs to run if I set the schedule to run at 8 AM, but the jobs will not run on the 10pm schedule. What am I missing? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Dee
November 24, 2011 3:14 pm
how to create a sql server job that runs once in every year on specific date and time????
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MOHIT VARMA
April 5, 2012 2:21 am
Hi Pinal,
I am SQL DBA and we are joined in linked in also,
I have seen the above query but i think we can find the next run schedule job with my below query:
select j.name,s.next_run_date,s.next_run_time from sysjobs j
inner join sysjobschedules s on j.job_id = s.job_id
where j.enabled =1
and s.next_run_date = CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112)
Need your comments.
Thanks
MOHIT
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- podkayne
  April 5, 2012 1:39 pm
  As I mentioned above. sysjobschedules is only updated with the next run date time around 20 minutes after execution. If this is not an issue then fine, if it is use xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs which sees the change immediately.
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- Rana
  December 4, 2015 11:52 am
  Thanks MOHIT …
  It’s what exactly i wanted :)
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Sukhomoy
May 15, 2012 5:22 pm
SELECT
J.NAME JOB,
DATEADD(SS,(H.RUN_TIME)%100,DATEADD(N,(H.RUN_TIME/100)%100,DATEADD(HH,H.RUN_TIME/10000,CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),H.RUN_DATE),112))))
JOB_STARTED,
DATEADD(SS,((H.RUN_DURATION)%10000)%100,DATEADD(N,((H.RUN_DURATION)%10000)/100,DATEADD(HH,(H.RUN_DURATION)/10000,DATEADD(SS,(H.RUN_TIME)%100,DATEADD(N,(H.RUN_TIME/100)%100,DATEADD(HH,H.RUN_TIME/10000,CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),H.RUN_DATE),112)))))))
JOB_COMPLETED,
CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),(H.RUN_DURATION)/10000) + ‘:’ +
CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),((H.RUN_DURATION)%10000)/100)+ ‘:’ +
CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),((H.RUN_DURATION)%10000)%100) RUN_DURATION,
CASE H.RUN_STATUS
WHEN 0 THEN ‘FAILED’
WHEN 1 THEN ‘SUCCEEDED’
WHEN 2 THEN ‘RETRY’
WHEN 3 THEN ‘CANCELED’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘IN PROGRESS’
END RUN_STATUS
,CASE S.FREQ_TYPE
WHEN 1 THEN ‘ONCE’
WHEN 4 THEN ‘ DAILY’
WHEN 8 THEN ‘ WEEKLY’
WHEN 16 THEN ‘ MONTHLY’
WHEN 32 THEN ‘ MONTHLY RELATIVE’
WHEN 64 THEN ‘ WHEN SQL SERVER’
ELSE ‘N/A’ END [FREQ]
,CASE
WHEN S.NEXT_RUN_DATE > 0 THEN DATEADD(N,(NEXT_RUN_TIME%10000)/100,DATEADD(HH,NEXT_RUN_TIME/10000,CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),NEXT_RUN_DATE),112)))
ELSE CONVERT(DATETIME,CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),’19000101′),112) END NEXT_RUN
,S.NEXT_RUN_DATE
,S.NEXT_RUN_TIME
FROM
MSDB..SYSJOBHISTORY H,MSDB..SYSJOBS J, MSDB..SYSJOBSCHEDULES S,
(SELECT MAX(INSTANCE_ID) INSTANCE_ID, JOB_ID FROM MSDB..SYSJOBHISTORY GROUP BY JOB_ID) M
WHERE
H.JOB_ID = J.JOB_ID AND J.JOB_ID = S.JOB_ID AND H.JOB_ID = M.JOB_ID AND H.INSTANCE_ID = M.INSTANCE_ID
— AND
— RUN_DATE = (YEAR(GETDATE())*10000) + (MONTH(GETDATE()) * 100) + DAY(GETDATE())
ORDER BY NEXT_RUN
But NEXT_RUN_DATE/Time in some cases comes 0.
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