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Cron expression: every weekday at midnight

Runs at 00:00 Monday through Friday.

0 0 * * 1-5

Field by field

FieldValueMeaning
Minute0At minute 0
Hour0At hour 00:00
Day of month*Every day of the month
Month*Every month
Day of week1-5From Monday through Friday

Typical uses

  • Business-day batch jobs
  • Workday data preparation

Good to know

  • Day-of-week: 0 (or 7) is Sunday, 1 is Monday … 6 is Saturday; 1-5 covers Monday–Friday.

Related schedules

Every day at noon0 12 * * *Every day at 6 PM0 18 * * *Twice a day0 0,12 * * *Every weekday at 9 AM0 9 * * 1-5Every weekend at midnight0 0 * * 0,6Every week (Sunday midnight)0 0 * * 0

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