Cron Expression Examples
Cron expressions schedule tasks in Unix-like systems. Each field follows: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week.
* * * * *
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ └── Day of week (0-7, 0/7=Sunday)
│ │ │ └──── Month (1-12)
│ │ └────── Day of month (1-31)
│ └──────── Hour (0-23)
└────────── Minute (0-59)
*: Every value*/n: Every n intervalsa-b: Range a to ba,b,c: List of values
Examples
| Expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
* * * * * | Every minute / Every 1 minute |
*/2 * * * * | Every 2 minutes / Every even minute |
1-59/2 * * * * | Every uneven minute |
*/3 * * * * | Every 3 minutes |
*/4 * * * * | Every 4 minutes |
*/5 * * * * | Every 5 minutes |
*/10 * * * * | Every 10 minutes |
*/15 * * * * | Every 15 minutes / Every quarter hour |
*/30 * * * * | Every 30 minutes / Every half hour |
0 * * * * | Every 60 minutes / Every hour |
0 */2 * * * | Every 2 hours / Every even hour |
0 */3 * * * | Every 3 hours |
0 */6 * * * | Every 6 hours |
0 */12 * * * | Every 12 hours |
0 9-17 * * * | Every hour from 9 to 17 / Hour range |
0 0 * * * | Every day / Once a day / Every day at midnight |
0 1 * * * | Every day at 1am |
0 2 * * * | Every day at 2am |
0 8 * * * | Every day at 8am |
0 9 * * * | Every morning at 9am |
0 0 * * SUN | Every Sunday at midnight |
0 0 * * MON | Every Monday at midnight |
0 0 * * TUE | Every Tuesday at midnight |
0 0 * * WED | Every Wednesday at midnight |
0 0 * * THU | Every Thursday at midnight |
0 0 * * FRI | Every Friday at midnight |
0 0 * * SAT | Every Saturday at midnight |
0 0 * * 1-5 | Every day of the week Monday through Friday at midnight |
0 0 * * 6,0 | Every weekend at midnight |
0 0 * * 0 | Every 7 days / Once a week / Weekly |
0 0 1 * * | Once a month |
0 0 1 */2 * | Every other month |
0 0 1 */3 * | Every quarter |
0 0 1 */6 * | Every 6 months |
0 0 1 1 * | Every year / Once a year |
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