Send from a date

base.env

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #CONFIG
 DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/html  #Route to catch the files
 CHAT_ID= #Channel or Group ID
-INTERVAL= #Hours
 CAPTION= #Text you will send
+START_DATE= #Left empty to start from now or set a date in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
+INTERVAL= #Hours between posts
 
 # Telegram API
 API_ID=

userbot/__main__.py

@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ async def main():
     async with app:
         files = os.listdir(config.document_root)
         files = [f for f in files if os.path.isfile(config.document_root + '/' + f)]  # Filtering only the files.
-        schedule = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+        if config.start_date:
+            schedule = datetime.datetime.strptime(config.start_date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+        else:
+            schedule = datetime.datetime.now()
 
         for x in files:
             schedule = schedule + datetime.timedelta(hours=config.interval)

userbot/config.py

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ def get_env(key, needed=False, default=None):
 
 api_id = get_env(key="API_ID", needed=True)
 api_hash = get_env(key="API_HASH", needed=True)
-string_session = get_env(key="STRING_SESSION")
 document_root = get_env(key="DOCUMENT_ROOT")
 chat_id = get_env(key="CHAT_ID")
 interval = int(get_env(key="INTERVAL"))
-caption = get_env(key="CAPTION")
+caption = get_env(key="CAPTION")
+start_date = get_env(key="START_DATE")