How to create a cron expression
Cron expressions introduction
Cron ist a powerful Unix tool, which allows you to create firing schedules.
For more information and an explicit tutorial click here.
There are also existing plenty of tools that helps you to create cron expressions after a preselection. Like this cronmaker.
Here is an example how cron expressions can look like:
| schedule | cron expression |
|---|---|
| every half an hour | 0 0/30 * 1/1 * ? * |
| daily | 0 0 0 1/1 * ? * |
| every friday at 18 o´clock | 0 0 18 ? * FRI * |