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Quartz cron expression: every 10 minutes
To run a Quartz job every 10 minutes, use:
0 */10 * * * ?Every 10 minutes.
Your week at a glance
Upcoming runs
| # | Local | UTC | From now |
|---|
Copy-ready code
Why use this schedule
Six runs an hour. Good for work that is worth doing often but not constantly, such as pulling metrics or checking for stale records.
- Collecting metrics into a time-series store
- Retrying failed webhook deliveries
- Rebuilding a search index delta
First runs, as an example
Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:
| # | Date and time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:10:00 |
| 3 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:20:00 |
| 4 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:30:00 |
| 5 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:40:00 |
| 6 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 00:50:00 |
Every 10 minutes in every dialect
| System | Expression |
|---|---|
| Quartz (this page) | 0 */10 * * * ? |
| Spring | 0 */10 * * * * |
| Crontab | */10 * * * * |
| Kubernetes | */10 * * * * |
| AWS EventBridge | */10 * * * ? * |
| Jenkins | H/10 * * * * |
| GitHub Actions | */10 * * * * |
| node-cron | */10 * * * * |
| Apache Airflow | */10 * * * * |
| Azure Functions | 0 */10 * * * * |
| Google Cloud Scheduler | */10 * * * * |
Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.
Ready-to-use Quartz config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
Trigger trigger = TriggerBuilder.newTrigger()
.withIdentity("myTrigger", "group1")
.withSchedule(CronScheduleBuilder.cronSchedule("0 */10 * * * ?")
.inTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")))
.build();The Quartz fields, in order: second (0-59), minute (0-59), hour (0-23), day-of-month (1-31), month (1-12), day-of-week (1-7, 1 = Sunday), year (1970-2199, optional).
Things to watch out for in Quartz
- 0/N and */N both work, but the schedule restarts at the start of each hour, so N should divide 60 for even gaps.
- Quartz uses the JVM default time zone unless you set one: CronScheduleBuilder.cronSchedule(expr).inTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")).
The common mistake with this schedule
Because 10 divides 60 evenly the gaps are always exactly ten minutes. That is not true for steps like 7 or 25, which restart at the top of every hour.
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a Quartz job every 10 minutes?
Use 0 */10 * * * ?. Every 10 minutes.
What is the every 10 minutes cron expression in other systems?
Spring: 0 */10 * * * *; Crontab: */10 * * * *; Kubernetes: */10 * * * *. The table on this page lists every dialect.
Which time zone does Quartz use for this schedule?
Quartz uses the JVM default time zone unless you set one: CronScheduleBuilder.cronSchedule(expr).inTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")).