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Cron expression: every day at midnight

Runs once a day at 00:00.

0 0 * * *

Field by field

FieldValueMeaning
Minute0At minute 0
Hour0At hour 00:00
Day of month*Every day of the month
Month*Every month
Day of week*Every day of the week

Typical uses

  • Nightly backups
  • Daily rollups and reports
  • Log rotation

Good to know

  • Midnight is the busiest cron slot on most systems — stagger heavy jobs a few minutes (e.g. 7 0 * * *) to avoid load spikes.

Related schedules

Every 6 hours0 */6 * * *Every 8 hours0 */8 * * *Every 12 hours0 */12 * * *Every day at 6 AM0 6 * * *Every day at 9 AM0 9 * * *Every day at noon0 12 * * *

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