Cron job every Friday at 5pm
0 17 * * 5 At 05:00 PM, only on Friday
Typical use: weekly timesheet and invoice reminders. Try it below — change any field and see the next runs in your timezone.
At 05:00 PM, only on Friday
Valid
- 1Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 2Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 3Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 4Fri, Oct 23, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 5Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 6Fri, Nov 6, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 7Fri, Nov 13, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 8Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 9Fri, Nov 27, 2026, 5:00 PM
- 10Fri, Dec 4, 2026, 5:00 PM
Field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | 0 | minute 0 |
| Hour | 17 | hour 17 |
| Day of month | * | every day |
| Month | * | every month |
| Day of week | 5 | only Friday |
The same schedule on every platform
The five fields mean the same thing everywhere, but each scheduler wraps them differently — and AWS and Quartz number weekdays from 1 (Sunday), not 0.
0 17 * * 5 /path/to/script.sh >> /var/log/job.log 2>&1spec:
schedule: "0 17 * * 5"GitHub ActionsRuns in UTC.
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 17 * * 5'AWS EventBridgeEventBridge weekdays are 1–7 (1 = Sunday) and one day field must be ?.
cron(0 17 ? * 6 *)Quartz (Java)Seconds first; weekdays 1–7 with 1 = Sunday.
0 0 17 ? * 6Spring @ScheduledSpring adds a seconds field but keeps Unix weekday numbers.
@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 17 * * 5")[TimerTrigger("0 0 17 * * 5")]Running a job every Friday at 5pm
What is the cron expression for every Friday at 5pm?
0 17 * * 5. In plain English: at 05:00 PM, only on Friday. It works in standard 5-field cron — Linux crontab, Kubernetes and GitHub Actions.How do I schedule a job every Friday at 5pm in AWS EventBridge?
Use
cron(0 17 ? * 6 *). EventBridge needs six fields (a year at the end), a ? in one of the day fields, and numbers weekdays 1–7 starting on Sunday.What timezone does "0 17 * * 5" run in?
Cron uses the server's timezone. Kubernetes CronJobs default to the controller's timezone (set
spec.timeZone on 1.27+), GitHub Actions and AWS EventBridge rules always use UTC. Use the timezone picker above to see the next runs in your own time.