How to schedule a Hello Bar by date or time

Q: How do you show a unit on certain dates?

In the Hello Bar dashboard, open Targeting and click Create new rule (the July 2026 article describes a green button). In the modal, click the blue + . Set the first field to Date . In the middle field pick is , is not , before , after , or between . Pick the date or date range. Name the rule. Click Save . Assign that rule to the unit, then publish. The July 2026 article walks through a single-day example (4 July 2026), an exclude-day example, a 1–15 December window, a "before this date" rule, and an "after this date" rule.

Q: How do you show a unit at certain times of day?

In the builder, open Targeting and click Create new custom targeting rule . Click the blue + . Set the first field to Time . Choose before or after . Times are 24-hour (14:00, not 2:00pm). Pick a timezone, or Use visitor's timezone . For a window (for example 08:00–20:00), add a second condition: Time is after 08:00 and Time is before 20:00. Name the rule, Save , then Save & Publish in the builder. The 2019 time article is older than the 2026 date article. Labels may differ slightly ("Create new rule" vs "Create new custom targeting rule"). The conditions are the same.

Hello Bar schedules with targeting rules, not a campaign start/stop calendar. Date targeting is documented in Can I set my pop-up to only appear on a certain date, or between certain dates? (modified 23 July 2026). Time of day is in How to Set Your Pop-Ups To Appear At A Certain Time of Day (22 April 2019, still listed).

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Dates are UTC. A US daytime window needs a time rule as well, or the unit will flip at midnight UTC, not midnight local.

How do you show a unit on certain dates?

In the Hello Bar dashboard, open Targeting and click Create new rule (the July 2026 article describes a green button).
In the modal, click the blue +.
Set the first field to Date.
In the middle field pick is, is not, before, after, or between.
Pick the date or date range.

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Name the rule. Click Save.
Assign that rule to the unit, then publish.

The July 2026 article walks through a single-day example (4 July 2026), an exclude-day example, a 1–15 December window, a "before this date" rule, and an "after this date" rule.

How do you show a unit at certain times of day?

In the builder, open Targeting and click Create new custom targeting rule.

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Click the blue +. Set the first field to Time.
Choose before or after. Times are 24-hour (14:00, not 2:00pm).
Pick a timezone, or Use visitor's timezone.
For a window (for example 08:00–20:00), add a second condition: Time is after 08:00 and Time is before 20:00.
Name the rule, Save, then Save & Publish in the builder.

The 2019 time article is older than the 2026 date article. Labels may differ slightly ("Create new rule" vs "Create new custom targeting rule"). The conditions are the same.

What we could not verify

Whether time-of-day UI was redesigned after 2019. The article is still live.
Recurring weekly schedules (every Saturday). Public docs only show calendar dates and clock times.
Starter workarounds. Support says upgrade.

Vendor help: date targeting, time targeting. Product: Hello Bar.

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How do you show a unit on certain dates?

How do you show a unit at certain times of day?

What we could not verify

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