Cron expression cookbook (copy-ready)

Quick cron snippets you can paste directly into your scheduler. Open any example in the tool to verify next run times in local time or UTC.

Copy-ready cron snippets

Schedule	Expression	Action
Every 5 minutes	`/5 * * *`	Open in tool
Every 15 minutes	`/15 * * *`	Open in tool
Every hour at minute 0	`0 * * * *`	Open in tool
Daily at 07:00	`0 7 * * *`	Open in tool
Daily at midnight	`0 0 * * *`	Open in tool
Weekdays at 09:30	`30 9 * * 1-5`	Open in tool
Mon-Fri every 30 minutes, 09:00-17:59	`/30 9-17 * 1-5`	Open in tool
1st day of month at midnight	`0 0 1 * *`	Open in tool
Every Sunday at 02:00 Some systems allow 0 or 7 for Sunday.	`0 2 * * 0`	Open in tool
Twice daily at 08:00 and 20:00	`0 8,20 * * *`	Open in tool

Field order: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week

Production check: always validate timezone and next 10 runs before shipping.