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Crontab cron expression: every Sunday at midnight
To run a Crontab job every Sunday at midnight, use:
0 0 * * 0At 00:00 UTC, on Sun.
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Upcoming runs
| # | Local | UTC | From now |
|---|
Copy-ready code
Why use this schedule
The traditional weekly maintenance slot, at the very start of Sunday. It sits in the quietest part of the week for most business systems, so heavy clean-up jobs rarely disturb anyone.
- Weekly log rotation
- Weekly vacuum or optimise
- Weekly data exports
First runs, as an example
Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:
| # | Date and time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, 03 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Sun, 10 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 3 | Sun, 17 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Sun, 24 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 5 | Sun, 31 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 6 | Sun, 07 Feb 2027, 00:00:00 |
Every Sunday at midnight in every dialect
| System | Expression |
|---|---|
| Crontab (this page) | 0 0 * * 0 |
| Quartz | 0 0 0 ? * 1 |
| Spring | 0 0 0 * * 0 |
| Kubernetes | 0 0 * * 0 |
| AWS EventBridge | 0 0 ? * 1 * |
| Jenkins | H 0 * * 0 |
| GitHub Actions | 0 0 * * 0 |
| node-cron | 0 0 * * 0 |
| Apache Airflow | 0 0 * * 0 |
| Azure Functions | 0 0 0 * * 0 |
| Google Cloud Scheduler | 0 0 * * 0 |
Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.
Ready-to-use Crontab config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
0 0 * * 0 /path/to/command >> /var/log/job.log 2>&1The Crontab fields, in order: minute (0-59), hour (0-23), day-of-month (1-31), month (1-12), day-of-week (0-7, 0 and 7 = Sunday).
Things to watch out for in Crontab
- Day-of-week is 0-7 with both 0 and 7 meaning Sunday. Names (MON-FRI) are accepted by most implementations.
- Fields are minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week. There is no seconds field, so one minute is the finest resolution.
- Cron runs in the server's local time zone. Check it with the date command, or put CRON_TZ=Asia/Kolkata above the line on cronie-based systems.
The common mistake with this schedule
Sunday as 0 works in Unix cron but not in Quartz, where the range is 1-7. Use 1 or SUN there.
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a Crontab job every Sunday at midnight?
Use 0 0 * * 0. At 00:00 UTC, on Sun.
What is the every Sunday at midnight cron expression in other systems?
Quartz: 0 0 0 ? * 1; Spring: 0 0 0 * * 0; Kubernetes: 0 0 * * 0. The table on this page lists every dialect.
Which time zone does Crontab use for this schedule?
Cron runs in the server's local time zone. Check it with the date command, or put CRON_TZ=Asia/Kolkata above the line on cronie-based systems.