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Crontab questions
Understanding cron expressions and scheduling.
How do I read a crontab expression?
A crontab expression has five space-separated fields: minute (0–59), hour (0–23), day of month (1–31), month (1–12), and day of week (0–7 where 0 and 7 are both Sunday). Each field can be a number, a wildcard *, a range (1-5), a list (1,3,5), or a step value (*/15 for every 15 units).
What does */15 mean in a cron expression?
The slash syntax means "every N units". So */15 in the minute field means every 15 minutes (at :00, :15, :30, :45). You can also use it with ranges: 0-30/5 means every 5 minutes between minute 0 and minute 30.
How do I run a job every weekday at 9am?
Use: 0 9 * * 1-5 — that sets minute=0, hour=9, any day-of-month, any month, and day-of-week 1-5 (Monday through Friday). Add your command after the expression in your crontab file.
What timezone does cron use?
By default, cron uses the server's local timezone. The next-run previews in this tool use your browser's local timezone. If your server is in a different timezone (e.g. UTC), adjust accordingly. Some modern cron implementations support a CRON_TZ variable at the top of the crontab file.