Start event specific time registered

Hey guys, im doing a small DIY Misting system that the user will set interval of misting time and seconds.

Like user wants it to start either very Hour for 2 seconds or user wants it to start at specific times like 12PM 1PM 4PM...
My code works only if i set the time

but is there a way to set interval every 2h ?

i wanna give the most options..lol

for the time i can make a web form with presets that save to the memory.
i current Code:

#include <NTPClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiUdp.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <Timezone.h> 
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <OneWire.h>
 
ESP8266WebServer server(80);

const char *ssid     = "SSID";
const char *password = "PASS";
const int led = 2;

String formattedTime ="";
String page = ""; 
String day_night ="";
String date;
String t;
byte ledState = LOW;
String tTrigger;

unsigned long previousMillis = 0;       
unsigned long intervalOn = 1000; //use 3000 for three seconds on         
unsigned long intervalOff= 2000;//use 3600000 for one hour off
unsigned long interval = intervalOff; //start off

const char * days[] = {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"} ;
const char * months[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "June", "July", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"} ;
const char * ampm[] = {"AM", "PM"} ;

time_t local, utc;
 
static tm getDateTimeByParams(long time){
    struct tm *newtime;
    const time_t tim = time;
    newtime = localtime(&tim);
    return *newtime;
}

static String getDateTimeStringByParams(tm *newtime, char* pattern = (char *)"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"){
    char buffer[30];
    strftime(buffer, 30, pattern, newtime);
    return buffer;
}
 
static String getEpochStringByParams(long time, char* pattern = (char *)"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"){
    tm newtime;
    newtime = getDateTimeByParams(time);
    return getDateTimeStringByParams(&newtime, pattern);
}

static String getEpochStringByParams2(long time, char* pattern = (char *)"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M"){
    tm newtime;
    newtime = getDateTimeByParams(time);
    return getDateTimeStringByParams(&newtime, pattern);
}
 
WiFiUDP ntpUDP;
 
int GTMOffset = 0;
NTPClient timeClient(ntpUDP, "europe.pool.ntp.org", GTMOffset*60*60, 60*60*1000);

 
void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);
    pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);  
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
   timeClient.begin();
   
  while ( WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED ) {
    delay ( 500 );
    Serial.print ( "." );
  }

  Serial.print("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());  //Print the local IP
  server.on("/", handle_OnConnect);
  server.onNotFound(handle_NotFound);
  
  Serial.println("Server started");
  server.begin();

  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
  timeClient.begin();
  delay(100);
  
  if (timeClient.update()){
     Serial.print ( "Adjust local clock" );
     unsigned long epoch = timeClient.getEpochTime();
     utc = epoch; 
     setTime(epoch);    
  }else{
     Serial.print ( "NTP Update not WORK!!" );
  }

}
 
void loop() {  
    t = "";
    date = ""; 
    tTrigger = "";
    timeClient.update();
    unsigned long epoch = timeClient.getEpochTime();
    utc = epoch;
   
  TimeChangeRule usEDT = {"EDT", Second, Sun, Mar, 2, -240};     // Eastern Daylight Time = UTC - 4 hours
  TimeChangeRule usEST = {"EST ", First, Sun, Nov, 2, -360};      // Eastern Standard Time = UTC - 5 hours
  Timezone usET(usEDT, usEST);  
  
  local = usET.toLocal(utc);

    date += days[weekday(local)-1];
    date += ", ";
    date += months[month(local)-1];
    date += " ";
    date += day(local);
    date += ", ";
    date += year(local);

    t += hourFormat12(local);
    t += ":";
    if(minute(local) < 10)
      t += "0";
    t += minute(local);
    t += " ";
    t += ampm[isPM(local)];

    if(t == "1:10 PM"){    
       startMist();
    }else if(t=="2:00 PM"){
      startMist();
    }else if(t=="3:00 PM"){
      startMist();
    }else if(t=="4:00 PM"){
      startMist();
    }else if(t=="5:00 PM"){
      startMist();
    }
    

    //digitalWrite(led, HIGH);digitalWrite(led, LOW);
  
  server.send(200, "text/html", SendHTML(t,date));
  server.handleClient();
}

void startMist(){
     digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
     unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
     Serial.print ( "Starteing MIST" );
      if (currentMillis - previousMillis >= interval) {
    previousMillis = currentMillis;
    if (ledState == LOW) {
      ledState = HIGH;
      interval = intervalOn;
    } else {
      ledState = LOW;
      interval = intervalOff;
      Serial.print ( "Stoped MIST" );
    }
    digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, ledState);
  }

  
}

void handle_OnConnect() {
  server.send(200, "text/html", SendHTML(t,date));
}

void handle_NotFound(){
  server.send(404, "text/plain", "Not found");
}

String SendHTML(String formattedTime,String date){
  String ptr = "<!DOCTYPE html> <html>\n";
  ptr +="<head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no\">\n";
  ptr +="<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1\" >";
  ptr +="<title>ESP8266 Weather Report</title>\n";
  ptr +="<style>html { font-family: Helvetica; display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;}\n";
  ptr +="body{margin-top: 50px;} h1 {color: #444444;margin: 50px auto 30px;}\n";
  ptr +="p {font-size: 24px;color: #444444;margin-bottom: 10px;}\n";
  ptr +="</style>\n";
  ptr +="</head>\n";
  ptr +="<body>\n";
  ptr +="<div id=\"webpage\">\n";
  ptr +="<h1>ESP8266 NodeMCU Report</h1>\n";
  
  ptr +="<p>Time: ";
  ptr +=(String)formattedTime;
  ptr +="\n";
  ptr +=(String)date;
  ptr +="</div>\n";
  ptr +="</body>\n";
  ptr +="</html>\n";
  return ptr;
}

confused why the code needs to know about months if it's a daily thing.

why not maintain a list (array) of hours, up to 24 that are set to the hours scheduled for misting?

that list can be default have just 12 entries: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23. it could have 24. but it could have just a few specified by the user. an entry of 0 is unused

at the top of each hour, the list is checked for a matching hour value

Do you really need two time libraries? Also the Timezone library? Since your architecture supports the time library, it can handle local time and time zones quite well by itself, actually better.

For example:

  configTime(0, 0, "pool.ntp.org");
  // Set timezone to Eastern Standard Time
  setenv("TZ", "EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0", 1);

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