Cron expression tester › 0 0 * * 5
What does 0 0 * * 5 mean?
Every Friday at midnight. Runs once a week, on Friday at 00:00.
End-of-week jobs: Friday summaries, pre-weekend backups, and weekly wrap-up reports.
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Field-by-field breakdown
| Value | Field | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
0 | Minute (0–59) | exactly 0 |
0 | Hour (0–23) | exactly 0 |
* | Day of month (1–31) | every value |
* | Month (1–12) | every value |
5 | Day of week (0–6, Sun=0) | exactly 5 |
Standard 5-field Vixie/POSIX cron: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week. Cron uses the server's local timezone unless configured otherwise. Non-standard extensions (@daily, L, W, #, seconds) aren't evaluated here.
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Related cron schedules
| Schedule | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 8 * * 1 | Every Monday at 8:00 AM |
15 10 * * * | Every day at 10:15 AM |
* * * * * | Every minute |
*/5 * * * * | Every 5 minutes |
*/10 * * * * | Every 10 minutes |
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