Cron Expression: 0 */2 * * *

Every 2 hours (00:00, 02:00, 04:00, ...).

Field Breakdown

FieldValue
Minute0
Hour*/2
Day of Month*
Month*
Day of Week*

Common Use Case

Less frequent batch jobs, throttled imports.

Equivalents in Popular Schedulers

crontab (Linux/macOS)

0 */2 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh

GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 */2 * * *'

AWS EventBridge (cron format)

cron(0 */2 * * *)    # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year

Kubernetes CronJob

spec:
  schedule: "0 */2 * * *"

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