Every Monday Cron Expression

Runs every Monday at midnight.

Expression

Field Breakdown

0
minute
0
hour
*
day-of-month
*
month
1
day-of-week
minuteat minute 0
hourat midnight
day-of-monthevery day (1–31)
monthevery month (1–12)
day-of-weekat Monday

How It Works

Day-of-week pinned to 1 — fires only on Mondays at 00:00.

Example Run Times

  • Mon 00:00:00
  • Mon 00:00:00 (+7d)
  • Mon 00:00:00 (+14d)
  • Mon 00:00:00 (+21d)
  • Mon 00:00:00 (+28d)

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I write `MON` instead of `1`?

On Vixie cron, GitHub Actions, and AWS EventBridge yes. Strict POSIX cron requires numeric values.

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