Cron Examples

For each rule, you can enter a cron expression to precisely control the execution time and frequency. This requires the app to be exempt from background usage restrictions.

Refer to cron.help for more examples as well as a builder.

Once every 42 minutes

*/42 * * * *

Once every 6 hours (at the top of the hour)

0 */6 * * *

At 8 am every Thursday

0 8 * * 4

Tip

Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, etc.

At 8 am on the 3rd every month

0 8 3 * *

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If you're having difficulty creating your desired schedule, you can raise an issue describing your situation.

Important

When using advanced patterns, please note that FileFlow uses the cron-utils UNIX definition for parsing and scheduling.