Every 10 Minutes During Business Hours Cron Expression — */10 8-18 * * 1-5
Cron Expression
*/10 8-18 * * 1-5What it means
Runs every 10 minutes between 8am–6pm on weekdays
Great for polling third-party APIs, syncing CRM data, or running lightweight health checks only during working hours to avoid unnecessary off-hours spend.
Next 8 Scheduled Runs (UTC)
- 1.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT
- 2.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:10:00 GMT
- 3.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:20:00 GMT
- 4.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT
- 5.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:40:00 GMT
- 6.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:50:00 GMT
- 7.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 8.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:10:00 GMT
Platform Snippets
GitHub Actions
- cron: '*/10 8-18 * * 1-5'
Kubernetes CronJob
schedule: "*/10 8-18 * * 1-5"
AWS EventBridge
cron(*/10 8-18 ? * MON-FRI *)
AWS uses a 6-field format with year and requires either DOM or DOW to be ?.
systemd Timer
[Timer] OnCalendar=1-5 *-*-* 8-18:*/10:00 Persistent=true
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What does the cron expression */10 8-18 * * 1-5 mean?
Runs every 10 minutes between 8am–6pm on weekdays. Great for polling third-party APIs, syncing CRM data, or running lightweight health checks only during working hours to avoid unnecessary off-hours spend.
How do I use */10 8-18 * * 1-5 in GitHub Actions?
Add a schedule trigger under the "on" key in your workflow YAML: on: schedule: - cron: '*/10 8-18 * * 1-5'. This will run your workflow runs every 10 minutes between 8am–6pm on weekdays. Note that GitHub Actions uses UTC time.
Is the cron expression */10 8-18 * * 1-5 valid for Kubernetes CronJobs?
Yes. Set the schedule field in your CronJob spec to "*/10 8-18 * * 1-5". Kubernetes CronJobs use standard 5-field cron syntax and run in UTC by default unless you configure a timeZone field.