Spring cron expression: on the 1st of every month at midnight

Use 0 0 0 1 * *. At 00:00 UTC, on the 1st of the month.

To run a Spring job on the 1st of every month at midnight, use:

0 0 0 1 * *

At 00:00 UTC, on the 1st of the month.

Spring @Scheduled (6-field) expression

Schedule time zone

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fewer more runs

Upcoming runs

#	Local	UTC	From now

Monthly jobs that start with the calendar month: billing runs, quota resets, monthly reports.

Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:

Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.

Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.

Spring @Scheduled

@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 0 1 * *", zone = "UTC")
public void runJob() {
    // ...
}

application.properties

app.job.cron=0 0 0 1 * *
# @Scheduled(cron = "${app.job.cron}")

The Spring 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).

Unlike Quartz, Spring does not require ?. Use * in the other day field.
Spring uses six fields (no year). The leading 0 is the seconds field.
Spring evaluates in the server time zone by default. Add zone = "UTC" (or any ZoneId) to @Scheduled to make it explicit.

The month field is 1-12 (January is 1), and the day-of-month field starts at 1, not 0.

How do I run a Spring job on the 1st of every month at midnight?

Use 0 0 0 1 * *. At 00:00 UTC, on the 1st of the month.

What is the on the 1st of every month at midnight cron expression in other systems?

Quartz: 0 0 0 1 * ?; Crontab: 0 0 1 * *; Kubernetes: 0 0 1 * *. The table on this page lists every dialect.

Which time zone does Spring use for this schedule?

Spring evaluates in the server time zone by default. Add zone = "UTC" (or any ZoneId) to @Scheduled to make it explicit.