Cron expression for every minute

The cron expression to run a job every minute is * * * * *. See the next run times in your timezone.

*minute
*hour
*day
*month
*weekday

In Plain English

What your cron expression actually means.

Every minute, every hour, every day

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About * * * * *

* * * * * runs a job every minute, on the minute. Because 1 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:

  • * minute (every value)
  • * hour (every value)
  • * day of month (every value)
  • * month (every value)
  • * day of week (every value)

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