MacBook Pro starts up always at 8.01PM how to stop it

It is strange but one of my MBP's starts up every day at the same time ( or it wakes from sleep) I have nothing set up in Energy saver, so there is not time selected. Where else can I look??
Any ideas??
Thanks a lot.

What version of OS X are you running? There was a bug that could cause a Mac to start at 00:00 UTC (GMT), which might be 8 PM in your time zone, but it was fixed in 10.5.5
You can see if there are any scheduled startup events with the Terminal command:
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2 GHz Intel Core i7
4 GB 133 MHz DDR3
I just ran EtreCheck -
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
    Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 1 day 3:59:13
Disk Information:
    Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (465.76 GB)
        (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 465.44 GB (235.1 GB free)
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
    Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions:
    com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal    (8.0.3f1)
    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard    (5.7.2)
Startup Items:
    DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
    M-AudioFastTrack: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-AudioFastTrack
    PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Daemons:
    [System]    org.samba.winbindd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
    [System]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
    [System]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.m-audio.mobilepremkii.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
    [not loaded]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
    [not loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
    Flux
    iTunesHelper
    RescueTime
Internet Plug-ins:
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.2f2 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
    Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 3rd-Party support link
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iTunes Plug-ins:
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
    Growl 3rd-Party support link
    M-AudioFastTrack 3rd-Party support link
    M-Audio MobilePre 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
    None
Time Machine:
    Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU:
         7%    firefox
         3%    WindowServer
         3%    EtreCheck
         2%    hidd
         0%    coreservicesd
Top Processes by Memory:
    397 MB    firefox
    106 MB    mds
    82 MB    WindowServer
    82 MB    Mail
    49 MB    quicklookd
Virtual Memory Information:
    1.04 GB    Free RAM
    1.04 GB    Active RAM
    1.03 GB    Inactive RAM
    907 MB    Wired RAM
    467 MB    Page-ins
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