Backup Schedules

January 1st at 4 AM

Yearly backup. This page shows you how to implement this cron schedule with detailed examples and execution times.

Runs per day

Next executions

Expression length

Cron Expression

0 4 1 1 *

Human Readable

Every January 1 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	1	What day of the month (1-31)
Month	1	What month (1-12)
Day of Week	*	What day of the week (0-7, 0=Sunday)

Implementation Examples

Linux Crontab

0 4 1 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 1 * /app/script.sh" | crontab - && crond -f'

Kubernetes CronJob

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

GitHub Actions

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