Cron expression for every Thursday at 6 PM

The cron expression to run a job every Thursday at 6 PM is 0 18 * * 4. Preview run times in your timezone.

0minute
18hour
*day
*month
4weekday

In Plain English

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At 06:00 PM, only on Thursday

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About 0 18 * * 4

0 18 * * 4 runs once a week, on Thursday at 6 PM. A common shape for weekly reports and digest emails.

Cron reads the five fields as minute hour day month weekday. For this schedule that breaks down as:

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

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