Every Tuesday Cron Expression
Runs every Tuesday at midnight.
Expression
0 0 * * 2Try it in the tester →Field Breakdown
0
minute
0
hour
*
day-of-month
*
month
2
day-of-week
minuteat minute 0
hourat midnight
day-of-monthevery day (1–31)
monthevery month (1–12)
day-of-weekat Tuesday
How It Works
Day-of-week pinned to 2 — fires only on Tuesdays at 00:00.
Example Run Times
- Tue 00:00:00
- Tue 00:00:00 (+7d)
- Tue 00:00:00 (+14d)
- Tue 00:00:00 (+21d)
- Tue 00:00:00 (+28d)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use `TUE` instead of `2`?
On Vixie cron, GitHub Actions, and AWS EventBridge, yes. Strict POSIX cron requires numeric values.