Cron Expression: 0 17 * * 5
At 17:00 every Friday.
Field Breakdown
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 17 |
| Day of Month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of Week | 5 |
Common Use Case
Weekly wrap-up reports, end-of-week summaries.
Equivalents in Popular Schedulers
crontab (Linux/macOS)
0 17 * * 5 /path/to/your/script.sh
GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 17 * * 5'
AWS EventBridge (cron format)
cron(0 17 * * 5) # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year
Kubernetes CronJob
spec: schedule: "0 17 * * 5"