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node-cron cron expression: every Sunday at midnight
To run a node-cron 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 |
|---|---|
| node-cron (this page) | 0 0 * * 0 |
| Quartz | 0 0 0 ? * 1 |
| Spring | 0 0 0 * * 0 |
| Crontab | 0 0 * * 0 |
| Kubernetes | 0 0 * * 0 |
| AWS EventBridge | 0 0 ? * 1 * |
| Jenkins | H 0 * * 0 |
| GitHub Actions | 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 node-cron config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
import cron from 'node-cron';
cron.schedule('0 0 * * 0', () => {
console.log('running a task');
}, { timezone: 'UTC' });The node-cron fields, in order: second (0-59), 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 node-cron
- Weekdays are 0-7 with Sunday as 0 or 7, and names such as MON-FRI are accepted.
- Five fields: minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week. Add a leading seconds field for sub-minute schedules.
- node-cron uses the server time zone unless you pass { timezone: "Asia/Kolkata" }. Its documentation advises timezone: "UTC" for jobs that must not skip or repeat when clocks change.
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 node-cron 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; Crontab: 0 0 * * 0. The table on this page lists every dialect.
Which time zone does node-cron use for this schedule?
node-cron uses the server time zone unless you pass { timezone: "Asia/Kolkata" }. Its documentation advises timezone: "UTC" for jobs that must not skip or repeat when clocks change.