# Creating a 48 hour timer that notifies me once and doesnt repeat

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** date-time-functions, notifications, filters\
**Created:** [June 5, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258 "2025-06-05T15:57:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Andrew\_m](https://community.make.com/u/Andrew_m)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258/1 "2025-06-05T15:57:36Z")

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so far i have tested this by itself it will go along another filter that works independently, i tried using addMinutes(now; -1) to test it out npot entirely sure why its not working

 ![current input for filter](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/b/0/b01632642f41ace0059ecfbab6fae585282e58c0.png)  
what i need is a timer that goes off ever 48 hours for subitems but only notifies me once which i already have a work around but i cannot isolate the timer notifcation feature by itself to work even tho i have changed dates in my monday to before 48 hours.

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**Author:** ![Stoyan\_Vatov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Stoyan\_Vatov](https://community.make.com/u/Stoyan_Vatov)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258/3 "2025-06-06T06:01:05Z")

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Hey Andrew,

they way you have it now, addDays is just a string and not a function. It should look like this:

```auto
{{addDays(now; -2)}}

```

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Andrew\_m](https://community.make.com/u/Andrew_m)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258/5 "2025-06-06T12:32:22Z")

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did that still not picking up what i need strangley enough idk whats going

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**Author:** ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/creating-a-48-hour-timer-that-notifies-me-once-and-doesnt-repeat/84258/6 "2025-09-04T12:32:31Z")

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