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Spring cron expression: on the first Monday of every month at 9:00 AM
To run a Spring job on the first Monday of every month at 9:00 AM, use:
0 0 9 * * MON#1At 09:00 UTC, on the 1st Mon.
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Upcoming runs
| # | Local | UTC | From now |
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Copy-ready code
Why use this schedule
A monthly meeting or review that always lands on the first Monday. Calendars make this easy, but cron has no plain "first Monday" rule, so how you express it depends on the system.
- Monthly planning reports
- First-Monday-of-the-month reminders
- Monthly access reviews
First runs, as an example
Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:
| # | Date and time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, 04 Jan 2027, 09:00:00 |
| 2 | Mon, 01 Feb 2027, 09:00:00 |
| 3 | Mon, 01 Mar 2027, 09:00:00 |
| 4 | Mon, 05 Apr 2027, 09:00:00 |
| 5 | Mon, 03 May 2027, 09:00:00 |
| 6 | Mon, 07 Jun 2027, 09:00:00 |
On the first Monday of every month at 9:00 AM in every dialect
| System | Expression |
|---|---|
| Spring (this page) | 0 0 9 * * MON#1 |
| Quartz | 0 0 9 ? * 2#1 |
| Crontab | 0 9 * * 1 |
| Kubernetes | 0 9 * * 1 |
| AWS EventBridge | 0 9 ? * 2#1 * |
| Jenkins | H 9 * * 1 |
| GitHub Actions | 0 9 * * 1 |
| node-cron | 0 9 1-7 * 1 |
| Apache Airflow | 0 9 * * MON#1 |
| Azure Functions | 0 0 9 * * 1 |
| Google Cloud Scheduler | 0 9 * * 1 |
Need to translate a different expression? Use the cron converter.
Ready-to-use Spring config
Drop this into your project. The expression is the one above.
@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 9 * * MON#1", zone = "UTC")
public void runJob() {
// ...
}app.job.cron=0 0 9 * * MON#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).
Things to watch out for in Spring
- Spring numbers Sunday as 0 (or 7), unlike Quartz. MON-FRI works and is the clearest.
- Spring 5.3+ supports L, W and # in the day fields, so these schedules work natively.
- Spring evaluates in the server time zone by default. Add zone = "UTC" (or any ZoneId) to @Scheduled to make it explicit.
The common mistake with this schedule
Writing 0 9 1-7 * 1 in classic cron does not mean "first Monday". Cron ORs the two day fields, so it fires on days 1-7 and every Monday. Use a guard in the script instead.
Frequently asked questions
How do I run a Spring job on the first Monday of every month at 9:00 AM?
Use 0 0 9 * * MON#1. At 09:00 UTC, on the 1st Mon.
What is the on the first Monday of every month at 9:00 AM cron expression in other systems?
Quartz: 0 0 9 ? * 2#1; Crontab: 0 9 * * 1; Kubernetes: 0 9 * * 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.