Cron every year

Expression: 0 0 1 1 *

Meaning

Run at midnight on January 1 every year.

Example use

Useful for annual reports, yearly resets and archive workflows.

How to modify it

Change the day and month fields to target a different yearly date.

Use it in the cron parser

Open the Cron Parser, paste 0 0 1 1 *, and review the next run times in your browser before using the schedule in production.

Related cron schedules

• Cron yearly — 0 0 1 1 *
• Cron on New Year’s Day — 0 0 1 1 *
• Cron every quarter — 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *

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.