Cron Expression: 0 18 * * *
Every day at 18:00 (6 PM).
Field Breakdown
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 18 |
| Day of Month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of Week | * |
Common Use Case
End-of-business-day reports.
Sample Fire Times (UTC)
| When | Unix Timestamp |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 18:00 | 1778004000 |
| 2026-05-06 18:00 | 1778090400 |
| 2026-05-07 18:00 | 1778176800 |
| 2026-05-08 18:00 | 1778263200 |
| 2026-05-09 18:00 | 1778349600 |
Sample times computed at build; your scheduler will fire on its own clock.
Equivalents in Popular Schedulers
crontab (Linux/macOS)
0 18 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh
GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 18 * * *'
AWS EventBridge (cron format)
cron(0 18 * * *) # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year
Kubernetes CronJob
spec: schedule: "0 18 * * *"