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Cron schedule examples

58 ready-made cron expressions, each with a field breakdown, the next scheduled runs and equivalents for GitHub Actions, Kubernetes and AWS EventBridge. Need something else? Build a custom expression.

ScheduleExpression
Every minute* * * * *
Every 2 minutes*/2 * * * *
Every 3 minutes*/3 * * * *
Every 4 minutes*/4 * * * *
Every 5 minutes*/5 * * * *
Every 6 minutes*/6 * * * *
Every 10 minutes*/10 * * * *
Every 12 minutes*/12 * * * *
Every 15 minutes*/15 * * * *
Every 20 minutes*/20 * * * *
Every 30 minutes*/30 * * * *
Every hour0 * * * *
Every 2 hours0 */2 * * *
Every 3 hours0 */3 * * *
Every 4 hours0 */4 * * *
Every 6 hours0 */6 * * *
Every 8 hours0 */8 * * *
Every 12 hours0 */12 * * *
Every day at 00:000 0 * * *
Every day at 01:000 1 * * *
Every day at 02:000 2 * * *
Every day at 03:000 3 * * *
Every day at 04:000 4 * * *
Every day at 05:000 5 * * *
Every day at 06:000 6 * * *
Every day at 07:000 7 * * *
Every day at 08:000 8 * * *
Every day at 09:000 9 * * *
Every day at 10:000 10 * * *
Every day at 11:000 11 * * *
Every day at 12:000 12 * * *
Every day at 13:000 13 * * *
Every day at 14:000 14 * * *
Every day at 15:000 15 * * *
Every day at 16:000 16 * * *
Every day at 17:000 17 * * *
Every day at 18:000 18 * * *
Every day at 19:000 19 * * *
Every day at 20:000 20 * * *
Every day at 21:000 21 * * *
Every day at 22:000 22 * * *
Every day at 23:000 23 * * *
Every weekday at 09:000 9 * * 1-5
Every weekend at 09:000 9 * * 6,0
Every Sunday at midnight0 0 * * 0
Every Monday at midnight0 0 * * 1
Every Tuesday at midnight0 0 * * 2
Every Wednesday at midnight0 0 * * 3
Every Thursday at midnight0 0 * * 4
Every Friday at midnight0 0 * * 5
Every Saturday at midnight0 0 * * 6
On the first day of every month0 0 1 * *
Every month0 0 1 * *
Every quarter0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *
Every year0 0 1 1 *
On the 15th of every month0 0 15 * *
Twice a day0 0,12 * * *
Every hour during business hours0 9-17 * * 1-5

The field layout

┌───────── minute        (0 - 59)
│ ┌─────── hour          (0 - 23)
│ │ ┌───── day of month  (1 - 31)
│ │ │ ┌─── month         (1 - 12)
│ │ │ │ ┌─ day of week   (0 - 6, Sunday = 0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Shorthand aliases

@yearly / @annually0 0 1 1 *
@monthly0 0 1 * *
@weekly0 0 * * 0
@daily / @midnight0 0 * * *
@hourly0 * * * *
@rebootonce at startup