How do I read the cron expression 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *?

Runs on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 at midnight. Each of the five fields (minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week) controls when the job runs.

When will 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 * run next?

This expression runs quarterly. Use our cron translator tool at cronsignal.io/tools/cron-translator to see the exact next run times.

Expression Explainer

What Does `0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *` Mean?

0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *

Quarterly

Explanation

Runs on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 at midnight.

Field Breakdown

Field	Value	Meaning
Minute (0-59)	0	At minute 0
Hour (0-23)	0	At midnight (00:00)
Day of month (1-31)	1	On day 1 of the month
Month (1-12)	1,4,7,10	January, April, July, October
Day of week (0-6)	*	Every day of the week

Common Use

0 0 1 1,4,7,10 * /path/to/your/script.sh

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