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Every Monday at Midnight Cron Expression for Quartz

0 0 0 ? * MON

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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
  1. 1Mon, May 18, 09:00 AM UTCin 3d
  2. 2Tue, May 19, 09:00 AM UTCin 4d
  3. 3Wed, May 20, 09:00 AM UTCin 5d
  4. 4Thu, May 21, 09:00 AM UTCin 6d
  5. 5Fri, May 22, 09:00 AM UTCin 7d
  6. 6Mon, May 25, 09:00 AM UTCin 10d
  7. 7Tue, May 26, 09:00 AM UTCin 11d
  8. 8Wed, May 27, 09:00 AM UTCin 12d
  9. 9Thu, May 28, 09:00 AM UTCin 13d
  10. 10Fri, May 29, 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

  • ▸ Weekly sprint report generation to start the engineering week
  • ▸ Monday morning data sync with partner systems after the weekend
  • ▸ Automated performance benchmark runs at the start of each sprint

Platform Syntax Comparison

The same "Every Monday at Midnight" schedule expressed in every major platform's cron syntax.

PlatformExpression
Standard Linux/Unix
0 0 * * 1
GitHub Actions
0 0 * * 1
Google Cloud Scheduler
0 0 * * 1
Kubernetes CronJob
0 0 * * 1
Azure Functions (NCRONTAB)
0 0 0 * * 1
AWS EventBridge
0 0 ? * MON *
Quartz Scheduler
0 0 0 ? * MON
Spring @Scheduled
0 0 0 * * MON
Jenkins
H H * * 1
Apache Airflow
0 0 * * 1

Frequently Asked Questions

What number is Monday in cron? ▾
In standard cron, Monday is 1. The week runs: 0=Sunday, 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday, 3=Wednesday, 4=Thursday, 5=Friday, 6=Saturday.

Related Expressions

Every Weekday at Midnight

0 0 * * 1-5

Every Monday at 9am

0 9 * * 1

Once a Week (Monday at Midnight)

0 0 * * 1