Cron expression for every year

The cron expression for every year is 0 0 1 1 *. Runs once a year, at midnight on January 1st. Equivalent to the @yearly alias.

0minute
0hour
1day
1month
*weekday

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At 12:00 AM, on day 1 of the month, only in January

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About 0 0 1 1 *

0 0 1 1 * — Runs once a year, at midnight on January 1st. Equivalent to the @yearly alias.

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

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

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