Cron expression for every day at 3:30 AM

Runs the job once a day at 3:30 AM in whatever timezone the scheduler runs in.

30 3 * * *

Generator

At 03:30 AM

Field by field

  • Minute · 0–59 30 only at minute 30
  • Hour · 0–23 3 only at 03:00
  • Day of month · 1–31 * every day of the month
  • Month · 1–12 or JAN–DEC * every month
  • Day of week · 0–7 or SUN–SAT * every day of the week

Next runs in your local time

    Where this cron expression shows up

    • Nightly database backups
    • Log rotation and pruning
    • Batch imports that have to finish before the workday starts

    Common variations

    Ranges, steps, and names are spelled out on the cheat sheet.