Every Weekday at 9 AM Cron Expression — 0 9 * * 1-5
Cron Expression
0 9 * * 1-5What it means
Runs Monday–Friday at 9:00 AM
Perfect for business-hours jobs like sending morning briefings to employees, generating daily sales reports, or triggering CI pipelines at the start of each workday.
Next 8 Scheduled Runs (UTC)
- 1.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 2.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 3.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 4.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 5.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 6.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 7.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT
- 8.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT
Platform Snippets
GitHub Actions
- cron: '0 9 * * 1-5'
Kubernetes CronJob
schedule: "0 9 * * 1-5"
AWS EventBridge
cron(0 9 ? * MON-FRI *)
AWS uses a 6-field format with year and requires either DOM or DOW to be ?.
systemd Timer
[Timer] OnCalendar=1-5 *-*-* 09:00:00 Persistent=true
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What does the cron expression 0 9 * * 1-5 mean?
Runs Monday–Friday at 9:00 AM. Perfect for business-hours jobs like sending morning briefings to employees, generating daily sales reports, or triggering CI pipelines at the start of each workday.
How do I use 0 9 * * 1-5 in GitHub Actions?
Add a schedule trigger under the "on" key in your workflow YAML: on: schedule: - cron: '0 9 * * 1-5'. This will run your workflow runs monday–friday at 9:00 am. Note that GitHub Actions uses UTC time.
Is the cron expression 0 9 * * 1-5 valid for Kubernetes CronJobs?
Yes. Set the schedule field in your CronJob spec to "0 9 * * 1-5". Kubernetes CronJobs use standard 5-field cron syntax and run in UTC by default unless you configure a timeZone field.