Cron job every Thursday
0 0 * * 4 At 12:00 AM, only on Thursday
Typical use: pre-release checks. Try it below — change any field and see the next runs in your timezone.
At 12:00 AM, only on Thursday
Valid
- 1Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 2Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 3Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 4Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 5Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 6Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 7Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 8Thu, Nov 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 9Thu, Nov 26, 2026, 12:00 AM
- 10Thu, Dec 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
Field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | 0 | minute 0 |
| Hour | 0 | hour 0 |
| Day of month | * | every day |
| Month | * | every month |
| Day of week | 4 | only Thursday |
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 0 * * 4 /path/to/script.sh >> /var/log/job.log 2>&1spec:
schedule: "0 0 * * 4"GitHub ActionsRuns in UTC.
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 0 * * 4'AWS EventBridgeEventBridge weekdays are 1–7 (1 = Sunday) and one day field must be ?.
cron(0 0 ? * 5 *)Quartz (Java)Seconds first; weekdays 1–7 with 1 = Sunday.
0 0 0 ? * 5Spring @ScheduledSpring adds a seconds field but keeps Unix weekday numbers.
@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 0 * * 4")[TimerTrigger("0 0 0 * * 4")]Running a job every Thursday
What is the cron expression for every Thursday?
0 0 * * 4. In plain English: at 12:00 AM, only on Thursday. It works in standard 5-field cron — Linux crontab, Kubernetes and GitHub Actions.How do I schedule a job every Thursday in AWS EventBridge?
Use
cron(0 0 ? * 5 *). 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 0 * * 4" 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.