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GitHub Actions cron expression: on the last Friday of every month at noon
To run a GitHub Actions job on the last Friday of every month at noon, use:
0 12 * * 5At 12:00 UTC, on Fri.
0 12 * * 5 [ "$(date -d '+7 days' +\%m)" != "$(date +\%m)" ] && /path/to/jobYour week at a glance
Upcoming runs
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Why use this schedule
Month-end releases or reviews that happen on the last Friday. Because months have four or five Fridays, you cannot hard-code a single day number, and each system expresses the rule differently.
- Last-Friday release freezes
- Monthly all-hands reports
- Month-end clean-up days
First runs, as an example
Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:
| # | Date and time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 12:00:00 |
| 2 | Fri, 08 Jan 2027, 12:00:00 |
| 3 | Fri, 15 Jan 2027, 12:00:00 |
| 4 | Fri, 22 Jan 2027, 12:00:00 |
| 5 | Fri, 29 Jan 2027, 12:00:00 |
| 6 | Fri, 05 Feb 2027, 12:00:00 |
On the last Friday of every month at noon in every dialect
| System | Expression |
|---|---|
| GitHub Actions (this page) | 0 12 * * 5 |
| Quartz | 0 0 12 ? * 6L |
| Spring | 0 0 12 * * 5L |
| Crontab | 0 12 * * 5 |
| Kubernetes | 0 12 * * 5 |
| AWS EventBridge | 0 12 ? * 6L * |
| Jenkins | H 12 * * 5 |
| node-cron | 0 12 * * 5L |
| Apache Airflow | 0 12 * * 5 |
| Azure Functions | 0 0 12 * * 5 |
| Google Cloud Scheduler | 0 12 * * 5 |
Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.
Ready-to-use GitHub Actions config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
on:
schedule:
- cron: "0 12 * * 5"The GitHub Actions fields, in order: minute (0-59), hour (0-23), day-of-month (1-31), month (1-12), day-of-week (0-6, 0 = Sunday).
Things to watch out for in GitHub Actions
- GitHub uses POSIX cron: day-of-week is 0-6 with Sunday as 0.
- GitHub has no L, W or # symbols. Run the workflow more often and use an if: condition on the date.
- GitHub Actions schedules are always UTC. Convert your local time to UTC before writing the expression.
The common mistake with this schedule
The L suffix is Quartz and Spring only. Quartz counts Friday as 6, so it is 6L, while Spring counts Friday as 5, so it is 5L.
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a GitHub Actions job on the last Friday of every month at noon?
Use 0 12 * * 5. At 12:00 UTC, on Fri. This dialect has no native rule for it, so the job must also check the date (see the guard command above).
What is the on the last Friday of every month at noon cron expression in other systems?
Quartz: 0 0 12 ? * 6L; Spring: 0 0 12 * * 5L; Crontab: 0 12 * * 5. The table on this page lists every dialect.
Which time zone does GitHub Actions use for this schedule?
GitHub Actions schedules are always UTC. Convert your local time to UTC before writing the expression.