Cron expression for every Wednesday at 6 PM

The cron expression to run a job every Wednesday at 6 PM is 0 18 * * 3. Preview run times in your timezone.

0minute
18hour
*day
*month
3weekday

In Plain English

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At 06:00 PM, only on Wednesday

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About 0 18 * * 3

0 18 * * 3 runs once a week, on Wednesday 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)
  • 3 day of week

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