Cron Expression for Every Year
0 0 1 1 *→Runs once a year on January 1st at midnight0
Minute
0–59
0
Hour
0–23
1
Day
1–31
1
Month
1–12
*
Weekday
0–7
Quick Examples
How It Works
The expression
0 0 1 1 * sets both day-of-month to 1 and month to 1 (January), creating an annual schedule that fires at midnight on New Year's Day. This is used for tasks that only need to happen once a year, like certificate rotation or annual report generation.Common Use Cases
- 1Annual SSL/TLS certificate rotation
- 2Yearly data archival and retention cleanup
- 3New Year automated greeting or report
Linux Crontab Example
0 0 1 1 * /app/annual-archive.shAdd this line to your crontab with crontab -e
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