Cron expression for every 20 minutes
The cron expression to run a job every 20 minutes is */20 * * * *. See the next run times in your timezone.
*/20minute*hour*day*month*weekdayIn Plain English
What your cron expression actually means.
Every 20 minutes, every hour, every day
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About */20 * * * *
*/20 * * * * runs a job every 20 minutes, on the minute. Because 20 divides 60 evenly, the spacing stays consistent across every hour boundary.
Cron reads the five fields as minute hour day month weekday. For this schedule that breaks down as:
*/20— minute*— hour (every value)*— day of month (every value)*— month (every value)*— day of week (every value)