more time zone corrections and removing the loop in the notifier script as it now runs via a cron schedule

Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 [string] $dtAPIKey = $ENV:DONETICKAPIKEY
 [string] $appriseWebhookURL = $ENV:APPRISEWEBHOOKURL
 [string] $appriseWebhookTag = $ENV:APPRISEWEBHOOKTAG
-[int[]]  $notificationTimes = $ENV:NOTIFICATIONTIMES -split ","
 
 
 function Send-Notification
@@ -51,11 +50,6 @@ function Get-Chores
     }
 }
 
-if (-not $notificationTimes) { $notificationTimes = @(8) }
-else { $notificationTimes = $notificationTimes | Sort-Object }
-Write-Host "Notification times: $notificationTimes"
-
-while ($true) {
 $today = (Get-Date "23:59:59")
 $chores = Get-Chores
 
@@ -92,7 +86,7 @@ while ($true) {
     $content = "The following tasks are overdue!`n"
     foreach($overdueTask in $overdueTasks)
     {
-            $content += "$($overdueTask.Name) was due $(Get-Date $overdueTask.nextDueDate -Format "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm")`n"
+        $content += "$($overdueTask.Name) was due $((Get-Date $overdueTask.nextDueDate -Format "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm").ToLocalTime())`n"
     }
     Send-Notification -title "OVERDUE TASKS" -content $content
 }
@@ -103,35 +97,7 @@ while ($true) {
     $content = "The following tasks are due today!`n"
     foreach($task in $todaysTasks)
     {
-            $content += "$($task.Name) is due $(Get-Date $task.nextDueDate -Format "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm")`n"
+        $content += "$($task.Name) is due $((Get-Date $task.nextDueDate -Format "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm").ToLocalTime())`n"
     }
     Send-Notification -title "TODAY'S TASKS" -content $content
 }
-
-    Write-Host "Finding next notification time..."
-    Write-Host "Current time: $(Get-Date)"
-    $nextNotificationTomorrow = $true
-    foreach($time in $notificationTimes)
-    {
-        $now = Get-Date
-        $diff = $now.Hour - $time
-        if ($diff -lt 0) # next notification time
-        {
-            $nextNotificationTomorrow = $false
-            Write-Host "Next notification time is $time`:00"
-            $sleepTime = ($diff * -1) * 60 * 60 # hours * mins * seconds
-            Write-Host "Sleeping for $sleepTime seconds"
-            Start-Sleep -Seconds $sleepTime
-            continue # leave loop
-        }
-    }
-    if ($nextNotificationTomorrow)
-    {
-        $time = $notificationTimes[0]
-        Write-Host "Next notification time is $time`:00"
-        $diff = 24 - $now.Hour + $time
-        $sleepTime = $diff * 60 * 60 # hours * mins * seconds
-        Write-Host "Sleeping for $sleepTime seconds"
-        Start-Sleep -Seconds $sleepTime
-    }
-}

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ services:
       - DONETICKAPIKEY=adminpass # donetick API key
       - APPRISEWEBHOOKURL=https://apprisehost/notify/config # apprise notification url
       - APPRISEWEBHOOKTAG=all # apprise notification tag
-      - NOTIFICATIONTIMES=8,12,17 # hours when notifications will be sent
       - TZ=America/Chicago # set timezone from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
-      - JOB_SCHEDULE=0 * * * *
+      - JOB_SCHEDULE=0 8,17 * * * # when to notify about overdue tasks or tasks due today