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Spring cron expression: every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM

To run a Spring job every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM, use:

0 0 10 * * 0,6

At 10:00 UTC, on Sun and Sat.

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Why use this schedule

Weekend-only work: batch jobs that should not compete with weekday traffic.

First runs, as an example

Starting from 1 January 2027, evaluated in UTC:

#Date and time (UTC)
1Sat, 02 Jan 2027, 10:00:00
2Sun, 03 Jan 2027, 10:00:00
3Sat, 09 Jan 2027, 10:00:00
4Sun, 10 Jan 2027, 10:00:00
5Sat, 16 Jan 2027, 10:00:00
6Sun, 17 Jan 2027, 10:00:00

Every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM in every dialect

SystemExpression
Spring (this page)0 0 10 * * 0,6
Quartz0 0 10 ? * 1,7
Crontab0 10 * * 0,6
Kubernetes0 10 * * 0,6
AWS EventBridge0 10 ? * 1,7 *
JenkinsH 10 * * 0,6
GitHub Actions0 10 * * 0,6
node-cron0 10 * * 0,6
Apache Airflow0 10 * * 0,6
Azure Functions0 0 10 * * 0,6
Google Cloud Scheduler0 10 * * 0,6

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.

Spring @Scheduled
@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 10 * * 0,6", zone = "UTC")
public void runJob() {
    // ...
}
application.properties
app.job.cron=0 0 10 * * 0,6
# @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

The common mistake with this schedule

Sunday is 0 (or 7) in Unix, and 1 in Quartz and EventBridge. Saturday is 6 in Unix but 7 in Quartz.

Frequently asked questions

How do I run a Spring job every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM?

Use 0 0 10 * * 0,6. At 10:00 UTC, on Sun and Sat.

What is the every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM cron expression in other systems?

Quartz: 0 0 10 ? * 1,7; Crontab: 0 10 * * 0,6; Kubernetes: 0 10 * * 0,6. 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.

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