Cron every Saturday at midnight

Expression: 0 0 * * 6

Meaning

Run at 00:00 every Saturday.

Example use

Useful for weekend maintenance, archive jobs and slow background work.

How to modify it

Use 0 0 * * 0 for Sunday instead.

Use it in the cron parser

Open the Cron Parser, paste 0 0 * * 6, and review the next run times in your browser before using the schedule in production.

Related cron schedules

• Cron every Sunday at midnight — 0 0 * * 0
• Cron every day at midnight — 0 0 * * *
• Cron every Friday at 5 PM — 0 17 * * 5

FAQ

Does cron use my local time zone?

Cron uses the time zone configured in the scheduler or server. Cloud platforms, CI systems and containers may default to UTC.

Is this a five-field or six-field cron?

This page uses standard five-field crontab syntax: minute, hour, day of month, month and day of week.