Cron every weekend

Expression: 0 0 * * 6,0

Meaning

Run at midnight on Saturday and Sunday.

Example use

Good for weekend maintenance, low-traffic jobs and non-business-day reporting.

How to modify it

Use 1-5 in the weekday field for weekdays instead.

Use it in the cron parser

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

Related cron schedules

• Cron weekends at 10 AM — 0 10 * * 6,0
• Cron every Saturday — 0 0 * * 6
• Cron every Sunday — 0 0 * * 0

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.