Every X Minutes
Every Minute
* * * * *
Every 2 Minutes
*/2 * * * *
Every 5 Minutes
*/5 * * * *
Every 10 Minutes
*/10 * * * *
Every 15 Minutes
*/15 * * * *
Every 20 Minutes
*/20 * * * *
Every 30 Minutes
*/30 * * * *
At Minute 15 Every Hour
15 * * * *
At Minute 30 Every Hour
30 * * * *
At Minute 45 Every Hour
45 * * * *
Every 90 Minutes
0,30 0-23/3 * * *
Every X Hours
Daily Schedules
Daily at Midnight
0 0 * * *
Daily at 1 AM
0 1 * * *
Daily at 2 AM
0 2 * * *
Daily at 3 AM
0 3 * * *
Daily at 4 AM
0 4 * * *
Daily at 5 AM
0 5 * * *
Daily at 6 AM
0 6 * * *
Daily at 7 AM
0 7 * * *
Daily at 8 AM
0 8 * * *
Daily at 9 AM
0 9 * * *
Daily at 10 AM
0 10 * * *
Daily at 11 AM
0 11 * * *
Daily at Noon
0 12 * * *
Daily at 1 PM
0 13 * * *
Daily at 2 PM
0 14 * * *
Daily at 3 PM
0 15 * * *
Daily at 4 PM
0 16 * * *
Daily at 5 PM
0 17 * * *
Daily at 6 PM
0 18 * * *
Daily at 9 PM
0 21 * * *
Daily at 10 PM
0 22 * * *
Daily at 11 PM
0 23 * * *
Weekly Schedules
Weekly on Sunday
0 0 * * 0
Weekly on Monday
0 0 * * 1
Weekly on Tuesday
0 0 * * 2
Weekly on Wednesday
0 0 * * 3
Weekly on Thursday
0 0 * * 4
Weekly on Friday
0 0 * * 5
Weekly on Saturday
0 0 * * 6
Every Sunday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 0
Every Monday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1
Every Friday at 5 PM
0 17 * * 5
First Monday of Month
0 0 1-7 * 1
Last Friday of Month
0 0 22-31 * 5
Weekdays Only
0 0 * * 1-5
Weekends Only
0 0 * * 0,6
Every Weekday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1-5
Every Weekday at 6 PM
0 18 * * 1-5
Twice Weekly
0 0 * * 1,4
Three Times Weekly
0 0 * * 1,3,5
@weekly Special String
@weekly
Monthly Schedules
Special Use Cases
Nightly Backup Schedule
0 2 * * *
Health Check Every 5 Minutes
*/5 * * * *
Cache Clear Every 4 Hours
0 */4 * * *
Database Cleanup Weekly
0 3 * * 0
Daily Email Digest
0 8 * * 1-5
Sitemap Update Daily
0 4 * * *
SSL Certificate Check Monthly
0 0 1 * *
Newsletter Tuesday 10 AM
0 10 * * 2
Monthly Report Generation
0 6 1 * *
Data Sync Every 15 Minutes
*/15 * * * *
Invoice Generation Monthly
0 0 1 * *
User Cleanup Daily
0 1 * * *
Metrics Collection Hourly
0 * * * *
CDN Purge Every 6 Hours
0 */6 * * *
Special Strings
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