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Cron Expression for Weekdays at 5 PM

0 17 * * 1-5→Runs at 5 PM Monday through Friday
0
Minute
0–59
17
Hour
0–23
*
Day
1–31
*
Month
1–12
1-5
Weekday
0–7

Quick Examples

How It Works

With 0 17 * * 1-5, the job runs at 17:00 on weekdays — a common end-of-business-day window.

Common Use Cases

  • 1End-of-day summaries
  • 2Closing market data pulls

Linux Crontab Example

0 17 * * 1-5 /app/eod-summary.sh

Add this line to your crontab with crontab -e

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