Spring cron expression: on the last day of every month

Use 0 0 0 L * *. At 00:00 UTC, on the last day of the month.

To run a Spring job on the last day of every month, use:

0 0 0 L * *

At 00:00 UTC, on the last day of the month.

Spring @Scheduled (6-field) expression

Schedule time zone

Your week at a glance

fewer more runs

Upcoming runs

#	Local	UTC	From now

Month-end closing jobs. Months have different lengths, so you cannot write a single fixed day.

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 L * *", zone = "UTC")
public void runJob() {
    // ...
}

application.properties

app.job.cron=0 0 0 L * *
# @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 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.

Unix cron has no "last day" symbol. The common 28-31 workaround fires up to four times a month, so the job must check that tomorrow is the 1st.

How do I run a Spring job on the last day of every month?

Use 0 0 0 L * *. At 00:00 UTC, on the last day of the month.

What is the on the last day of every month cron expression in other systems?

Quartz: 0 0 0 L * ?; Crontab: 0 0 28-31 * *; Kubernetes: 0 0 28-31 * *. 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.