Applescript running at a specific time of day

I have a headless server. If it fails to shut down I want to run script that would force it to shut down.
The shut down script I have.
tell application "System Events"
shut down
end tell
or if needed
do shell script "shutdown -h now" password "YourAdminPwd" with administrator privileges
However if I would like his to execute at lets say 24.00 hours what would I need to do to have that happen?
Do I need to have it run to do so?
What script?
See I do not want to use iCall to execute it as this might be the reason the shut down failed in the first place (the server sometimes hangs on shut down as a programme wants a confirmation). and than the script does not run (is what is happening at the moment if I simulate a hanging program)
Thanks

Thanks Andrew for your help
Andrew99 wrote:
I trust you're aware of the consequences of the "quit without saving" command -- any open documents with unsaved changes will be lost -- but it would appear that this is not an issue for you in this case. Others should be forewarned.
I am and yes no issue as the server is doing its stuff 'serving'. if it hangs on lets say an email, it wil send it again next time it is up as Mail has it already in the outbox. (mail gets generated by a script, so it could only hang because of my internet connection being down). ditto with Fax, answering machine print-servers etc.
Andrew99 wrote:
In repeated tests, I intentionally left unsaved documents open in both Mail and TextEdit. On a schedule I chose in iCal, each time, as hoped for, all applications quit and my Mac immediately shut down, and did so without an application warning or a shut down warning dialog appearing.
it works for me too!
Andrew99 wrote:
tell application "Finder"
shut down
end tell
If my scripting knowledge is correct, than this line is the equivalent of me telling the machine to shut down using te 'Shut Down' command. correct? this is not a "Killall" type command?
So it is normal 'soft' shut down, the only difference being that it skips the dialogue box bit.
Am I correct?
And thanks for taking the time!

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