You can find out differencebetween current timeboth yours desired schedule timeand the appropriate interval. Therefore, a timer event will fire onceat the specified time. Set the time interval to 24 hours when it has expired.
private System.Timers.Timer _timer;
private void SetTimer()
{
DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now;
int intervalToElapse = 0;
DateTime scheduleTime = new DateTime(currentTime.Year, currentTime.Month, currentTime.Day, 10,0,0);
if (currentTime <= scheduleTime)
intervalToElapse = (int)scheduleTime.Subtract(currentTime).TotalSeconds;
else
intervalToElapse = (int)scheduleTime.AddDays(1).Subtract(currentTime).TotalSeconds;
_timer = new System.Timers.Timer(intervalToElapse);
_timer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(_timer_Elapsed);
_timer.Start();
}
void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
_timer.Interval = (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
}
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