Run a cron job every Friday at 5 PM
“At 17:00, on Friday.”
Friday 17:00 closes the working week — the natural moment for wrap-up automation. (Deploying from this cron is technically possible and culturally inadvisable.)
0 17 * * 5Next 5 runs
Computing from your local clock…
Field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | 0 | exactly 0 |
| Hour | 17 | exactly 17 |
| Day of month | * | every value |
| Month | * | every value |
| Day of week | 5 | exactly 5 |
Typical uses
- End-of-week summary reports to stakeholders
- Archiving the week's completed work
- Reminding on-call about weekend handover
Related schedules
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