Every Quarter (1st of Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) Cron Expression

0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *

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Platform

Expression

Valid

MINMinute

0

HRHour

9

DOMDay of Month

*

MONMonth

*

DOWDay of Week

1-5

In plain English

At 09:00 AM, Monday through Friday

English → Cron

Try: "every 5 minutes", "every weekday at 9am", "every Monday at 3pm", "every month on the 1st"

Next 10 Executions

UTC

1Tue, Jul 7, 09:00 AM UTCin 15h
2Wed, Jul 8, 09:00 AM UTCin 2d
3Thu, Jul 9, 09:00 AM UTCin 3d
4Fri, Jul 10, 09:00 AM UTCin 4d
5Mon, Jul 13, 09:00 AM UTCin 7d
6Tue, Jul 14, 09:00 AM UTCin 8d
7Wed, Jul 15, 09:00 AM UTCin 9d
8Thu, Jul 16, 09:00 AM UTCin 10d
9Fri, Jul 17, 09:00 AM UTCin 11d
10Mon, Jul 20, 09:00 AM UTCin 14d

crontab entrybash

# Add to crontab with: crontab -e
0 9 * * 1-5    /path/to/your/script.sh

When to use this schedule

▸ Quarterly financial report generation for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
▸ Quarterly compliance audits or data retention purges
▸ Certificate or credential rotation that happens on a 3-month cycle

Platform Syntax Comparison

The same "Every Quarter (1st of Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct)" schedule expressed in every major platform's cron syntax.

Platform	Expression	Fields
Standard Linux/Unix	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields
GitHub Actions	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields
Google Cloud Scheduler	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields
Kubernetes CronJob	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields
Azure Functions (NCRONTAB)	`0 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	6 fields
AWS EventBridge	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 ? *`	6 fields
Quartz Scheduler	`0 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 ?`	7 fields
Spring @Scheduled	`0 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	6 fields
Jenkins	`H H 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields
Apache Airflow	`0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *`	5 fields

Frequently Asked Questions

What months does "1,4,7,10" cover? ▾

January (1), April (4), July (7), and October (10) — the first month of each calendar quarter.

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Last updated January 2026·Parsing runs in your browser — no expression leaves your device

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