retrieving is possible via the api in a kind of complex way (not sure via which calls, Eclipse could help out with codecompletion and trial/error ;-). Changing is another story. The EL is evaluated when the timer is created so that does not much. For 3 there have been discussions in the forum. Please use google to search for them. If I remember some had it working, but others didn't. I solved it once by really moddeling this in the process (cancel an existing task and creating a new one with a new duedate) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4246495#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...