Cron expression for every day at 2 AM
The cron expression to run a job daily at 2 AM is 0 2 * * *. Check the exact run times in your own timezone before you deploy it.
0minute2hour*day*month*weekdayIn Plain English
What your cron expression actually means.
At 02:00 AM, every day
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About 0 2 * * *
0 2 * * * runs once a day at 2 AM in whatever timezone the scheduler uses — usually UTC on servers and always UTC on GitHub Actions. Use the timezone picker to see when that actually lands for you.
Cron reads the five fields as minute hour day month weekday. For this schedule that breaks down as:
0— minute2— hour*— day of month (every value)*— month (every value)*— day of week (every value)