# Time-based rule exclusions

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-based-rule-exclusions/343451>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-based-rule-exclusions/343451 "2023-09-20T11:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![austinvdm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@austinvdm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/austinvdm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-based-rule-exclusions/343451/1 "2023-09-20T11:42:44Z")

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Hello, I am curious if there is a way to implement "time-based exclusions" for security rules? For example, we are trying to excluded specific endpoints from a rule on Saturday and Sundays when we run OS updates but still alert us on weekdays.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-based-rule-exclusions/343451/2 "2023-10-18T11:43:37Z")

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