Cron Expression: 0 2 * * *
Every day at 02:00 (2 AM).
Field Breakdown
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 2 |
| Day of Month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of Week | * |
Common Use Case
Standard slot for nightly jobs in many schedulers.
Sample Fire Times (UTC)
| When | Unix Timestamp |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 02:00 | 1789610400 |
| 2026-09-18 02:00 | 1789696800 |
| 2026-09-19 02:00 | 1789783200 |
| 2026-09-20 02:00 | 1789869600 |
| 2026-09-21 02:00 | 1789956000 |
Sample times computed at build; your scheduler will fire on its own clock.
Equivalents in Popular Schedulers
crontab (Linux/macOS)
0 2 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh
GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 2 * * *'
AWS EventBridge (cron format)
cron(0 2 * * *) # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year
Kubernetes CronJob
spec: schedule: "0 2 * * *"