Cron Expression for Quarterly (1st of Month)
0 0 1 */3 *→Runs quarterly on the 1st at midnight0
Minute
0–59
0
Hour
0–23
1
Day
1–31
*/3
Month
1–12
*
Weekday
0–7
Quick Examples
How It Works
The expression
0 0 1 */3 * uses a step in the month field to schedule quarterly jobs on the first day of January, April, July, and October in typical GNU cron implementations.Common Use Cases
- 1Quarterly compliance reports
- 2Quarterly license renewals
Linux Crontab Example
0 0 1 */3 * /app/quarterly.shAdd this line to your crontab with crontab -e
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More Monthly Schedules
Runs at midnight on the 1st of each month
0 0 1 * *
Runs at midnight on the 15th of each month
0 0 15 * *
Runs at midnight on the 1st and 15th
0 0 1,15 * *
Runs at midnight on the 5th of each month
0 0 5 * *
Runs at midnight on the 10th of each month
0 0 10 * *
Runs at midnight on the 20th of each month
0 0 20 * *
Runs at midnight on the 25th of each month
0 0 25 * *