Cron expression for once a year on January 1

Runs the job at midnight on January 1, once a year.

0 0 1 1 *

Generator

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

Field by field

  • Minute · 0–59 0 only at minute 0
  • Hour · 0–23 0 only at 00:00
  • Day of month · 1–31 1 only on day 1
  • Month · 1–12 or JAN–DEC 1 only in January
  • 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

    • Year-end rollovers
    • Annual archive snapshots
    • Resetting quotas that last twelve months

    Common variations

    • Quarterly, on the first day of each quarter

      0 0 1 1,4,7,10 * At 12:00 AM, on day 1 of the month, only in January, April, July, and October

    • Twice a year, January 1 and July 1

      0 0 1 1,7 * At 12:00 AM, on day 1 of the month, only in January and July

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