Cron Expression: 0 1 * * *
Every day at 01:00 (1 AM).
Field Breakdown
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 1 |
| Day of Month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of Week | * |
Common Use Case
Off-peak processing, nightly backups.
Sample Fire Times (UTC)
| When | Unix Timestamp |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 01:00 | 1778029200 |
| 2026-05-07 01:00 | 1778115600 |
| 2026-05-08 01:00 | 1778202000 |
| 2026-05-09 01:00 | 1778288400 |
| 2026-05-10 01:00 | 1778374800 |
Sample times computed at build; your scheduler will fire on its own clock.
Equivalents in Popular Schedulers
crontab (Linux/macOS)
0 1 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh
GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 1 * * *'
AWS EventBridge (cron format)
cron(0 1 * * *) # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year
Kubernetes CronJob
spec: schedule: "0 1 * * *"