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Quartz cron expression: every weekday at 8:30 AM
To run a Quartz job every weekday at 8:30 AM, use:
0 30 8 ? * 2-6At 08:30 UTC, on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri.
Your week at a glance
Upcoming runs
| # | Local | UTC | From now |
|---|
Copy-ready code
Why use this schedule
A half-hour offset before the working day starts, so output is waiting by 9.
- Pre-market data loads
- Pre-opening health checks
- Morning briefing emails
First runs, as an example
Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:
| # | Date and time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, 01 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
| 2 | Mon, 04 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
| 3 | Tue, 05 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
| 4 | Wed, 06 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
| 5 | Thu, 07 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
| 6 | Fri, 08 Jan 2027, 08:30:00 |
Every weekday at 8:30 AM in every dialect
| System | Expression |
|---|---|
| Quartz (this page) | 0 30 8 ? * 2-6 |
| Spring | 0 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| Crontab | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| Kubernetes | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| AWS EventBridge | 30 8 ? * 2-6 * |
| Jenkins | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| GitHub Actions | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| node-cron | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| Apache Airflow | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| Azure Functions | 0 30 8 * * 1-5 |
| Google Cloud Scheduler | 30 8 * * 1-5 |
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 30 8 ? * 2-6")
.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
- Weekdays are 1-7 with Sunday as 1. Monday to Friday is 2-6, or write MON-FRI to avoid the off-by-one trap.
- Six fields: seconds first, then minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week. Use 0 in seconds to fire at the start of the minute.
- Quartz uses the JVM default time zone unless you set one: CronScheduleBuilder.cronSchedule(expr).inTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")).
The common mistake with this schedule
The minute comes first, then the hour. 30 8 means 08:30, while 8 30 would be an invalid hour.
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a Quartz job every weekday at 8:30 AM?
Use 0 30 8 ? * 2-6. At 08:30 UTC, on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri.
What is the every weekday at 8:30 AM cron expression in other systems?
Spring: 0 30 8 * * 1-5; Crontab: 30 8 * * 1-5; Kubernetes: 30 8 * * 1-5. 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")).