Every Monday Cron Expression
Runs every Monday at midnight.
Expression
0 0 * * 1Try it in the tester →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.