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Google Cloud Scheduler cron expression: on the last Friday of every month at noon
To run a Google Cloud Scheduler 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
| # | Local | UTC | From now |
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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 |
|---|---|
| Google Cloud Scheduler (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 |
| GitHub Actions | 0 12 * * 5 |
| node-cron | 0 12 * * 5L |
| Apache Airflow | 0 12 * * 5 |
| Azure Functions | 0 0 12 * * 5 |
Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.
Ready-to-use Google Cloud Scheduler config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
gcloud scheduler jobs create http my-job \
--schedule="0 12 * * 5" \
--time-zone="Etc/UTC" \
--uri="https://example.com/run" \
--http-method=POSTThe Google Cloud Scheduler 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 Google Cloud Scheduler
- Weekdays are 0-6 or SUN-SAT, and 7 is also accepted as Sunday.
- Unix-cron has no L, W or # symbols. Schedule a broader pattern and check the date in the target service.
- Cloud Scheduler takes any tz database zone (default UTC) and runs on wall-clock time, so daylight saving can make jobs run or not run unexpectedly. Google recommends UTC to avoid that.
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 Google Cloud Scheduler 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 Google Cloud Scheduler use for this schedule?
Cloud Scheduler takes any tz database zone (default UTC) and runs on wall-clock time, so daylight saving can make jobs run or not run unexpectedly. Google recommends UTC to avoid that.