Midnight Every Day Cron Expression
The most-typed schedule in cron history: minute 0 of hour 0, every day — the standard slot for nightly backups, log rotation, and cache resets. It’s exactly what the @daily alias expands to. One caution: half the internet runs jobs at 00:00, so shifting a few minutes (7 0 * * *) can dodge the thundering herd.
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- 1Paste your cronFive space-separated fields — day and month names (MON-FRI, JAN) and @daily-style aliases work too.
- 2Read the translationInstant plain English, plus a field-by-field breakdown of what each token means.
- 3Check the timelineYour next 5 execution times with live countdowns — shown in local time or UTC.
instant translation
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Field breakdown
- Minute
—— - Hour
—— - Day of month
—— - Month
—— - Day of week
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Next 5 planned execution times
Times are computed from your device’s clock, exactly like cron on your own machine — the UTC switch only changes the display. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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