diff --git a/constantdelay.go b/constantdelay.go
index cd6e7b1b..3c69be42 100644
--- a/constantdelay.go
+++ b/constantdelay.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package cron
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+)
 
 // ConstantDelaySchedule represents a simple recurring duty cycle, e.g. "Every 5 minutes".
 // It does not support jobs more frequent than once a second.
 type ConstantDelaySchedule struct {
-	Delay time.Duration
+	Delay   time.Duration
+	startAt time.Time
 }
 
 // Every returns a crontab Schedule that activates once every duration.
@@ -20,8 +23,24 @@ func Every(duration time.Duration) ConstantDelaySchedule {
 	}
 }
 
+// StartingAt sets the start time of the simple recurring duty cycle. This is useful
+// when we want the cycle to start at a specific date which makes it independent
+// from the Cron start time.
+func (schedule ConstantDelaySchedule) StartingAt(start time.Time) ConstantDelaySchedule {
+	schedule.startAt = start
+	return schedule
+}
+
 // Next returns the next time this should be run.
 // This rounds so that the next activation time will be on the second.
 func (schedule ConstantDelaySchedule) Next(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	if !schedule.startAt.IsZero() {
+		if schedule.startAt.After(t) {
+			return time.Time{}
+		}
+
+		t = schedule.startAt.Add((t.Sub(schedule.startAt) / schedule.Delay) * (schedule.Delay))
+	}
+
 	return t.Add(schedule.Delay - time.Duration(t.Nanosecond())*time.Nanosecond)
 }
diff --git a/constantdelay_test.go b/constantdelay_test.go
index f43a58ad..51c9f4ca 100644
--- a/constantdelay_test.go
+++ b/constantdelay_test.go
@@ -52,3 +52,49 @@ func TestConstantDelayNext(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConstantDelayWithStartNext(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		time     string
+		delay    time.Duration
+		startAt  string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		// The starting date is the same as time
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15*time.Minute + 50*time.Nanosecond, "Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:14:59 2012"},
+
+		// The starting date is in the past
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15*time.Minute + 50*time.Nanosecond, "Mon Jul 8 14:45 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 8 14:45 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 8 14:59:59 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:14:59 2012"},
+
+		// The starting date is way in the past
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15*time.Minute + 50*time.Nanosecond, "Thu Jul 9 14:45 1992", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Thu Jul 9 14:45 1992", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Thu Jul 9 14:59:59 1992", "Mon Jul 9 15:14:59 2012"},
+
+		// The starting date is truncated
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45:12 2012", 15*time.Minute + 50*time.Nanosecond, "Mon Jul 9 00:00 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45:12 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 9 00:00 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 9 00:00:00 2012", "Mon Jul 9 15:00:00 2012"},
+
+		// The starting date is in the future - the job should not run
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15*time.Minute + 50*time.Nanosecond, "Mon Jul 10 14:45 2012", ""},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 10 14:45 2012", ""},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59:59 2012", 15 * time.Minute, "Mon Jul 10 14:59:59 2012", ""},
+
+		// Wrap around months
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", 720 * time.Hour, "Mon Jul 9 00:00 2012", "Thu Aug 8 00:00 2012"},
+		{"Thu Aug 8 23:35 2012", 720 * time.Hour, "Mon Jul 9 00:00 2012", "Fri Sep 7 00:00 2012"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range tests {
+		actual := Every(c.delay).StartingAt(getTime(c.startAt)).Next(getTime(c.time))
+		expected := getTime(c.expected)
+		if actual != expected {
+			t.Errorf("%s, \"%s\", %s: (expected) %v != %v (actual)", c.time, c.delay, c.startAt, expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index 41c8c520..c983ae7b 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestParseSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 		{secondParser, "CRON_TZ=UTC  0 5 * * * *", every5min(time.UTC)},
 		{standardParser, "CRON_TZ=UTC  5 * * * *", every5min(time.UTC)},
 		{secondParser, "CRON_TZ=Asia/Tokyo 0 5 * * * *", every5min(tokyo)},
-		{secondParser, "@every 5m", ConstantDelaySchedule{5 * time.Minute}},
+		{secondParser, "@every 5m", ConstantDelaySchedule{Delay: 5 * time.Minute}},
 		{secondParser, "@midnight", midnight(time.Local)},
 		{secondParser, "TZ=UTC  @midnight", midnight(time.UTC)},
 		{secondParser, "TZ=Asia/Tokyo @midnight", midnight(tokyo)},
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func TestStandardSpecSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			expr:     "@every 5m",
-			expected: ConstantDelaySchedule{time.Duration(5) * time.Minute},
+			expected: ConstantDelaySchedule{Delay: time.Duration(5) * time.Minute},
 		},
 		{
 			expr: "5 j * * *",