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Maintenance Tasks

Every Monday at 4 AM

Weekly system update. This page shows you how to implement this cron schedule with detailed examples and execution times.

1
Runs per day
10
Next executions
9
Expression length

Cron Expression

0 4 * * 1

Human Readable

Every Monday at 4:00 AM

Field Breakdown

Field Value Meaning
Minute 0 When during the hour (0-59)
Hour 4 What hour of the day (0-23)
Day * What day of the month (1-31)
Month * What month (1-12)
Day of Week 1 What day of the week (0-7, 0=Sunday)

Next 10 Execution Times

2026-08-03 04:00:00 UTC
2026-08-10 04:00:00 UTC
2026-08-17 04:00:00 UTC
2026-08-24 04:00:00 UTC
2026-08-31 04:00:00 UTC
2026-09-07 04:00:00 UTC
2026-09-14 04:00:00 UTC
2026-09-21 04:00:00 UTC
2026-09-28 04:00:00 UTC
2026-10-05 04:00:00 UTC

Note: Times shown in UTC. Adjust for your local timezone as needed.

Implementation Examples

Linux Crontab

0 4 * * 1 /path/to/your/script.sh

Add this line to your crontab file using crontab -e

Docker Compose

services:
  cron-job:
    image: your-app:latest
    command: |
      sh -c 'echo "0 4 * * 1 /app/script.sh" | crontab - && crond -f'

Kubernetes CronJob

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: every-monday-at-4-am
spec:
  schedule: "0 4 * * 1"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: job
            image: your-app:latest
            command: ["/app/script.sh"]
          restartPolicy: OnFailure

GitHub Actions

name: Every Monday at 4 AM
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 4 * * 1'
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run task
        run: ./script.sh

Common Use Cases

Weekly system update

  • • Server restarts and updates
  • • Cache and temporary file cleanup
  • • Database optimization
  • • System resource management

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