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Make time base workflow rule trigger fire in less than 1 hour

I know there is already one post on here but I have followed the instructions on that link (this one) and one I found online here but I have had no luck with it...!

The rule is definitely enabled - I have tried with 0.04145 and just 0.041 figures

Has Salesforce disabled it as these 'tricks' have been written a few years ago...?

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    Time based workflow does not fire to the exact minute - it runs every 15 minutes, so the field update will then be processed in the next run after it was due to fire.
    – Girbot
    Commented Sep 27, 2016 at 8:32
  • @Girbot so even if I put it to a minute it still have to wait 15 minutes for it to fire as the Time-Based Workflow fires every 15minutes? Is that correct?
    – TheAdmin
    Commented Sep 27, 2016 at 8:38
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    Not necessarily. Say it's due to fire at 1140, the next schedule will be 1145. So the update will fire 5 minutes later than intended. help.salesforce.com/…
    – Girbot
    Commented Sep 27, 2016 at 8:58
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    I've also made mention of how the workflow processor works in this answer as well. The processor does not necessarily run at 15, 30, 45, and 00 after the hour; it depends on when the server starts up.
    – sfdcfox ♦
    Commented Sep 27, 2016 at 12:30
  • @sfdcfox that's interesting, I was basing the times on my personal experience but that's interesting to know.
    – Girbot
    Commented Sep 27, 2016 at 13:59

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Adding my comments as an answer...

Bear in mind that time based workflow does NOT run to the exact minute:

Time based workflow actions will not always execute at the exact time displayed in the Monitoring setup menu. Instead, they are batched and executed every 15 minutes.

Taken from this help article.

So for example if your field update is due to fire at 1140 it will be included in the next batch, due to fire at 1145.

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