📖 Developer Reference
Cron Expression Cheat Sheet
A quick, comprehensive cheatsheet covering standard POSIX Cron, Spring Boot, Quartz Scheduler, AWS EventBridge, and Kubernetes syntax.
Standard 5-Field Cron Format
┌───────────── Minute (0 - 59)
│ ┌───────────── Hour (0 - 23)
│ │ ┌───────────── Day of Month (1 - 31)
│ │ │ ┌───────────── Month (1 - 12 or JAN - DEC)
│ │ │ │ ┌───────────── Day of Week (0 - 7 or SUN - SAT, 0 & 7 = Sunday)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *
Quick Schedule Reference
| Schedule | Cron Expression | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Every minute | * * * * * | Runs once every 60 seconds |
| Every 5 minutes | */5 * * * * | At :00, :05, :10, :15, ... |
| Every 15 minutes | */15 * * * * | At :00, :15, :30, :45 of every hour |
| Every hour | 0 * * * * | On the hour (:00) |
| Every day at midnight | 0 0 * * * | Daily at 00:00:00 |
| Every weekday at 9 AM | 0 9 * * 1-5 | Monday through Friday at 9:00 AM |
| First of every month | 0 0 1 * * | Monthly billing / reset at midnight |
| Every Sunday at midnight | 0 0 * * 0 | Weekly maintenance task |
Special Operators Guide
* (Wildcard)Matches any and all possible values within that specific field.
/ (Step Interval)Specifies recurring increments (e.g. */10 means every 10 units).
- (Range)Defines inclusive ranges (e.g. 9-17 for 9 AM through 5 PM).
, (Value List)Specifies a discrete set of values (e.g. MON,WED,FRI or 1,15).
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