Cron Expression for Hourly on Weekdays (Business Hours)
0 9-17 * * 1-5→Runs hourly 9–17 on weekdaysQuick Examples
How It Works
0 9-17 * * 1-5 uses an hour range in the hour field and weekday range in the day-of-week field. At minute 0, it fires for each hour from 9 through 17 inclusive on Monday through Friday.Common Use Cases
- 1Intraday monitoring during business hours
- 2Hourly trading-hour checks
Linux Crontab Example
0 9-17 * * 1-5 /app/business-hours-check.shAdd this line to your crontab with crontab -e
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More Weekly Schedules
Runs at midnight every Monday
0 0 * * 1
Runs at midnight every Friday
0 0 * * 5
Runs at midnight Monday through Friday
0 0 * * 1-5
Runs at midnight on Saturday and Sunday
0 0 * * 0,6
Runs at midnight every Sunday
0 0 * * 0
Runs at midnight every Saturday
0 0 * * 6
Runs at midnight every Tuesday
0 0 * * 2
Runs at midnight every Wednesday
0 0 * * 3
Runs at midnight every Thursday
0 0 * * 4
Runs at 9 AM Monday through Friday
0 9 * * 1-5
Runs at 5 PM Monday through Friday
0 17 * * 1-5
Runs at noon every Tuesday
0 12 * * 2
Runs at 9 AM every Monday
0 9 * * 1
Runs at 5 PM every Friday
0 17 * * 5
Runs at 9 AM every Sunday
0 9 * * 0
Runs at 9 AM every Saturday
0 9 * * 6
Runs at 3 PM every Wednesday
0 15 * * 3
Runs at midnight on Mon, Tue, Wed
0 0 * * 1-3
Runs at midnight on Thu, Fri, Sat
0 0 * * 4-6
Runs at 12 PM Monday through Friday
0 12 * * 1-5
Runs at midnight on Tue and Thu
0 0 * * 2,4
Runs at midnight on Mon, Wed, Fri
0 0 * * 1,3,5
Runs at midnight on Mon and Fri
0 0 * * 1,5
Runs at 12 PM on Sat and Sun
0 12 * * 0,6