WAITFOR
{
  DELAY 'time_to_pass'
 | TIME 'time_to_execute'
 | [ ( receive_statement ) | ( get_conversation_group_statement ) ]
  [ , TIMEOUT timeout ]
}

USE msdb; EXECUTE sp_add_job @job_name = 'TestJob'; BEGIN WAITFOR TIME '22:20'; EXECUTE sp_update_job @job_name = 'TestJob', @new_name = 'UpdatedJob'; END; GO

BEGIN WAITFOR DELAY '02:00'; EXECUTE sp_helpdb; END; GO

USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.TimeDelay_hh_mm_ss','P') IS NOT NULL DROP PROCEDURE dbo.TimeDelay_hh_mm_ss; GO CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TimeDelay_hh_mm_ss ( @DelayLength char(8)= '00:00:00' ) AS DECLARE @ReturnInfo varchar(255) IF ISDATE('2000-01-01 ' + @DelayLength + '.000') = 0 BEGIN SELECT @ReturnInfo = 'Invalid time ' + @DelayLength + ',hh:mm:ss, submitted.'; -- This PRINT statement is for testing, not use in production. PRINT @ReturnInfo RETURN(1) END BEGIN WAITFOR DELAY @DelayLength SELECT @ReturnInfo = 'A total time of ' + @DelayLength + ', hh:mm:ss, has elapsed! Your time is up.' -- This PRINT statement is for testing, not use in production. PRINT @ReturnInfo; END; GO /* This statement executes the dbo.TimeDelay_hh_mm_ss procedure. */ EXEC TimeDelay_hh_mm_ss '00:00:10'; GO