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classtruncate>2-6/option>/select>/div>/div>/div>div classmb-6>label forcronExpression classblock text-base font-medium text-indigo-700 mb-3 text-left>Unix Cron Expression/label>div classflex flex-col sm:flex-row items-stretch sm:items-center gap-3>div classflex-1 relative>input typetext classw-full h-12 px-4 py-2 text-lg font-mono bg-white text-indigo-800 border border-indigo-300 rounded-md focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-indigo-500 placeholder* * * * * value0 0 * * */>/div>button classh-12 px-6 bg-indigo-700 hover:bg-indigo-600 text-white font-medium rounded-md focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-indigo-500 transition-colors flex items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap gap-2 w-full sm:w-auto aria-labelCopy cron expression>svg xmlnshttp://www.w3.org/2000/svg classh-5 w-5 fillnone viewBox0 0 24 24 strokecurrentColor>rect x8 y8 width8 height8 rx2 fillnone strokecurrentColor stroke-width2>/rect>rect x4 y4 width8 height8 rx2 fillnone strokecurrentColor 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Cron expressions are used to schedule recurring jobs (commands or scripts) to run automatically at specified times, dates, or intervals./p>p>Cron expressions are widely used in various systems, including job schedulers, CI/CD pipelines, backup systems, and many modern applications for scheduling tasks./p>/section>section classmb-14>h3 classmb-5 border-b pb-2 border-gray-100>Cron Expression Syntax/h3>p classmb-6>A cron expression consists of fields that specify when the job should run. The format varies by implementation:/p>div classoverflow-x-auto mb-8>table classw-full text-sm border-collapse>thead>tr classborder-b border-gray-200>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Field/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Unix Cron/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Quartz/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Allowed Values/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Special Characters/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Description/th>/tr>/thead>tbody classdivide-y divide-gray-200>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Seconds/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-red-500 font-bold>✗/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 1/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>0-59/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - //td>td classpy-3 px-4>The second of the minute/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Minutes/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 1/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 2/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>0-59/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - //td>td classpy-3 px-4>The minute of the hour/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Hours/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 2/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 3/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>0-23/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - //td>td classpy-3 px-4>The hour of the day (24-hour format)/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Day of Month/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 3/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 4/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>1-31/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - / ? L W/td>td classpy-3 px-4>The day of the month/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Month/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 4/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 5/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>1-12 or JAN-DEC/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - //td>td classpy-3 px-4>The month of the year/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Day of Week/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 5/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-green-500 font-bold>✓/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 6/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>0-6 or SUN-SAT/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - / ? L #/td>td classpy-3 px-4>The day of the week (0 is Sunday)/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4>Year/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-red-500 font-bold>✗/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-yellow-500 font-bold>Optional/span>div classtext-gray-500 text-sm>Position: 7/div>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>empty, 1970-2099/td>td classpy-3 px-4>* , - //td>td classpy-3 px-4>The year (optional in Quartz)/td>/tr>/tbody>/table>/div>div classmb-8 p-4 bg-yellow-50 border-l-4 border-yellow-400 text-yellow-800 rounded-r-md text-sm>p classfont-medium mb-1 flex items-center>svg xmlnshttp://www.w3.org/2000/svg classh-5 w-5 mr-2 viewBox0 0 20 20 fillcurrentColor>path fill-ruleevenodd dM8.257 3.099c.765-1.36 2.722-1.36 3.486 0l5.58 9.92c.75 1.334-.213 2.98-1.742 2.98H4.42c-1.53 0-2.493-1.646-1.743-2.98l5.58-9.92zM11 13a1 1 0 11-2 0 1 1 0 012 0zm-1-8a1 1 0 00-1 1v3a1 1 0 002 0V6a1 1 0 00-1-1z clip-ruleevenodd>/path>/svg>Quartz-specific Requirements/p>p>In Quartz cron expressions, you must use the code classtext-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm bg-gray-50>?/code> character in either the day-of-month or day-of-week field, but not both. This is because Quartz doesn't allow you to specify both fields simultaneously to avoid conflicts./p>/div>/section>section classmb-14>h3 classmb-5 border-b pb-2 border-gray-100>Special Characters/h3>div classoverflow-x-auto mb-8>table classw-full text-sm border-collapse>thead>tr classborder-b border-gray-200>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Character/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Name/Meaning/th>th classpy-3 px-4 text-left font-medium text-gray-700 bg-gray-50>Format(s)/th>/tr>/thead>tbody classdivide-y divide-gray-200>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>*/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Wildcard, represents all valid values/td>td classpy-3 px-4>All/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>,/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Value list separator (e.g., code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>1,3,5/code>)/td>td classpy-3 px-4>All/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>-/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Range of values (e.g., code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>1-5/code>)/td>td classpy-3 px-4>All/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>//span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Step values (e.g., code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>*/5/code> means every 5th value)/td>td classpy-3 px-4>All/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>?/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>No specific value (required in either day-of-month or day-of-week)/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Quartz/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>L/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Last day of month or week (e.g., code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>L/code> in day-of-month means last day of month)/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Quartz/td>/tr>tr>td classpy-3 px-4 text-center>span classtext-indigo-700>W/span>/td>td classpy-3 px-4>Weekday nearest to the given day (e.g., code 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expression>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM8 16H6a2 2 0 01-2-2V6a2 2 0 012-2h8a2 2 0 012 2v2m-6 12h8a2 2 0 002-2v-8a2 2 0 00-2 2v8a2 2 0 002 2z>/path>/svg>Copy/button>/div>div classp-4>div classmb-3>code classtext-base font-mono break-all px-3 py-2 rounded block text-center bg-gray-50 border text-indigo-700>0 0 * * */code>/div>p classtext-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed>Every day at midnight/p>/div>div classpx-4 pb-4>a classinline-flex items-center gap-1 px-3 py-2 bg-indigo-600 hover:bg-indigo-700 text-white text-sm rounded-md transition-colors no-underline href/daily>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM13 16h-1v-4h-1m1-4h.01M21 12a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z>/path>/svg>Details/a>/div>/div>div classrounded-lg overflow-hidden bg-white border border-gray-100 shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow >div 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fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM13 16h-1v-4h-1m1-4h.01M21 12a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z>/path>/svg>Details/a>/div>/div>div classrounded-lg overflow-hidden bg-white border border-gray-100 shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow >div classbg-gray-100 text-gray-700 px-4 py-3 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-gray-200>h4 classtext-sm font-medium>Cron Expression/h4>button classpx-3 py-1 bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-300 rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors flex items-center gap-1 border border-gray-300 aria-labelCopy expression>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM8 16H6a2 2 0 01-2-2V6a2 2 0 012-2h8a2 2 0 012 2v2m-6 12h8a2 2 0 002-2v-8a2 2 0 00-2 2v8a2 2 0 002 2z>/path>/svg>Copy/button>/div>div classp-4>div classmb-3>code classtext-base font-mono break-all px-3 py-2 rounded block text-center bg-gray-50 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viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM8 16H6a2 2 0 01-2-2V6a2 2 0 012-2h8a2 2 0 012 2v2m-6 12h8a2 2 0 002-2v-8a2 2 0 00-2 2v8a2 2 0 002 2z>/path>/svg>Copy/button>/div>div classp-4>div classmb-3>code classtext-base font-mono break-all px-3 py-2 rounded block text-center bg-gray-50 border text-indigo-700>0 0 1 * */code>/div>p classtext-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed>First day of every month at midnight/p>/div>div classpx-4 pb-4>a classinline-flex items-center gap-1 px-3 py-2 bg-indigo-600 hover:bg-indigo-700 text-white text-sm rounded-md transition-colors no-underline href/monthly>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM13 16h-1v-4h-1m1-4h.01M21 12a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z>/path>/svg>Details/a>/div>/div>div classrounded-lg overflow-hidden bg-white border border-gray-100 shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow >div classbg-gray-100 text-gray-700 px-4 py-3 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-gray-200>h4 classtext-sm font-medium>Cron Expression/h4>button classpx-3 py-1 bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-300 rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors flex items-center gap-1 border border-gray-300 aria-labelCopy expression>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM8 16H6a2 2 0 01-2-2V6a2 2 0 012-2h8a2 2 0 012 2v2m-6 12h8a2 2 0 002-2v-8a2 2 0 00-2 2v8a2 2 0 002 2z>/path>/svg>Copy/button>/div>div classp-4>div classmb-3>code classtext-base font-mono break-all px-3 py-2 rounded block text-center bg-gray-50 border text-indigo-700>0 12 * * 1/code>/div>p classtext-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed>Every Monday at noon/p>/div>/div>div classrounded-lg overflow-hidden bg-white border border-gray-100 shadow-sm hover:shadow-md transition-shadow >div classbg-gray-100 text-gray-700 px-4 py-3 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-gray-200>h4 classtext-sm font-medium>Cron Expression/h4>button classpx-3 py-1 bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-300 rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors flex items-center gap-1 border border-gray-300 aria-labelCopy expression>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround stroke-width2 dM8 16H6a2 2 0 01-2-2V6a2 2 0 012-2h8a2 2 0 012 2v2m-6 12h8a2 2 0 002-2v-8a2 2 0 00-2 2v8a2 2 0 002 2z>/path>/svg>Copy/button>/div>div classp-4>div classmb-3>code classtext-base font-mono break-all px-3 py-2 rounded block text-center bg-gray-50 border text-indigo-700>0 0 1 1 */code>/div>p classtext-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed>Once a year on January 1st at midnight/p>/div>div classpx-4 pb-4>a classinline-flex items-center gap-1 px-3 py-2 bg-indigo-600 hover:bg-indigo-700 text-white text-sm rounded-md transition-colors no-underline href/yearly>svg classw-4 h-4 fillnone strokecurrentColor viewBox0 0 24 24>path stroke-linecapround stroke-linejoinround 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Uses the standard five-field format (code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week/code>) and supports basic special characters. Environment variables must be explicitly set in the crontab file./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Quartz Scheduler/h4>p classtext-gray-700>A Java-based scheduler that extends cron syntax with a six-field format, adding seconds (code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>second minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week/code>). Quartz supports additional special characters like code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>L/code> (last),code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>W/code> (weekday), and code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>#/code> (nth day). When using Quartz format, you must use code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>?/code> (no specific value) in either day-of-month or day-of-week field./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>AWS CloudWatch Events/h4>p classtext-gray-700>Supports both cron and rate expressions. AWS cron uses the six-field format (with seconds) and runs in UTC timezone by default. Offers year as an optional field (code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week year/code>)./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Google Cloud Scheduler/h4>p classtext-gray-700>Uses the standard five-field unix-cron format but with added timezone support through configuration. Also offers App Engine cron.yaml format as an alternative syntax for scheduling./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Azure Scheduler/Functions/h4>p classtext-gray-700>Supports both NCRONTAB expressions (six fields including seconds) and TimeSpan format for simple intervals. NCRONTAB allows for complex scheduling with special character support similar to Quartz./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Kubernetes CronJob/h4>p classtext-gray-700>Uses the standard five-field format with Unix cron syntax for scheduling pods to run periodically. Runs are based on UTC time, and supports the code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>TZ/code> environment variable for timezone adjustments./p>/div>div classp-4 bg-yellow-50 border-l-4 border-yellow-400 text-yellow-800 mt-6 rounded-r-md>p classfont-medium mb-1 flex items-center>svg xmlnshttp://www.w3.org/2000/svg classh-5 w-5 mr-2 viewBox0 0 20 20 fillcurrentColor>path fill-ruleevenodd dM8.257 3.099c.765-1.36 2.722-1.36 3.486 0l5.58 9.92c.75 1.334-.213 2.98-1.742 2.98H4.42c-1.53 0-2.493-1.646-1.743-2.98l5.58-9.92zM11 13a1 1 0 11-2 0 1 1 0 012 0zm-1-8a1 1 0 00-1 1v3a1 1 0 002 0V6a1 1 0 00-1-1z clip-ruleevenodd>/path>/svg>Implementation Differences/p>p>When moving cron expressions between different systems, be aware of format differences (5 vs 6 fields), timezone handling, and special character support. Always test your expressions in the target environment./p>/div>/div>/section>section classmb-14>h3 classmb-5 border-b pb-2 border-gray-100>Cron Best Practices/h3>ul classspace-y-5 list-disc pl-6 text-gray-700>li>strong classtext-indigo-700>Avoid frequent schedules:/strong> Don't schedule tasks to run too frequently as it can overload your system. Consider using at least 5-minute intervals./li>li>strong classtext-indigo-700>Account for timezone differences:/strong> Cron runs in the server's timezone. Make sure you know which timezone your cron service uses./li>li>strong classtext-indigo-700>Add logging to cron jobs:/strong> Always include logging in your scheduled tasks to help with debugging and monitoring./li>li>strong classtext-indigo-700>Use comments:/strong> Add comments to your crontab entries to explain what each job does./li>li>strong classtext-indigo-700>Test your expressions:/strong> Always test and verify your cron expressions before deploying them in production environments./li>/ul>/section>section classmb-8>h3 classmb-5 border-b pb-2 border-gray-100>Common Cron Mistakes to Avoid/h3>div classspace-y-8 text-gray-700>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Conflicting Day Fields/h4>p>When both day-of-month and day-of-week are specified (not with code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>*/code> or code classbg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm>?/code>), the behavior may be confusing. Some implementations run when either condition is met (OR logic), others require both (AND logic)./p>/div>div>h4 classfont-medium text-gray-800 mb-3>Forgetting Environment Variables/h4>p>Cron may run in a limited environment without your shell's variables. 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Uses the standard five-field format (\,\$\,\code\,null,{\className\:\bg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm\,\children\:\minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week\},\) and supports basic special characters. Environment variables must be explicitly set in the crontab file.\}},\$\,\div\,null,{\children\:\$\,\h4\,null,{\className\:\font-medium text-gray-800 mb-3\,\children\:\Quartz Scheduler\},\$\,\p\,null,{\className\:\text-gray-700\,\children\:\A Java-based scheduler that extends cron syntax with a six-field format, adding seconds (\,\$\,\code\,null,{\className\:\bg-gray-50 text-indigo-700 px-1 rounded-sm\,\children\:\second minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week\},\). 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