The invention belongs to the communication technology field, in particular to an automatic reminding system and a method. The automatic reminding system comprises a database, a timing device, a retrieval and judgment module and a transmission module, wherein the database is used for storing reminding data; the timing device is used for setting a time granularity and notifying the retrieval and judgment module to retrieve the database when the time granularity comes; the retrieval and judgment module is used for retrieving the reminding data in the database at a definite time and judging whether reminding data exist in the database, if so, judging whether the reminding data meet the reminding conditions, and if so, transmitting the reminding data to the transmission module; and the transmission module is used for acquiring the corresponding reminding data in the database so as to generate a reminding file and finish transmission. By using the automatic reminding system and the method, data to be reminded can be stored in the preset database according to a preset format, and the reminding data can be scanned at a definite time, so that the corresponding reminding file can be automatically transmitted at the preset reminding time, thereby enabling work to be handled in time.