Cron Expression: 0 17 * * 1-5
At 17:00 (5 PM) on Monday through Friday only.
Field Breakdown
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 17 |
| Day of Month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of Week | 1-5 |
Common Use Case
End-of-workday rollups, EOD emails.
Equivalents in Popular Schedulers
crontab (Linux/macOS)
0 17 * * 1-5 /path/to/your/script.sh
GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/*.yml)
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 17 * * 1-5'
AWS EventBridge (cron format)
cron(0 17 * * 1-5) # Note: AWS uses 6 fields with year
Kubernetes CronJob
spec: schedule: "0 17 * * 1-5"