Common Schedules

Weekdays at 6:30 PM

End of business day. 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

30 18 * * 1-5

Human Readable

Every weekday at 6:30 PM

Field Breakdown

Field	Value	Meaning
Minute	30	When during the hour (0-59)
Hour	18	What hour of the day (0-23)
Day	*	What day of the month (1-31)
Month	*	What month (1-12)
Day of Week	1-5	What day of the week (0-7, 0=Sunday)

Next 10 Execution Times

2026-07-28 18:30:00 UTC

2026-08-04 18:30:00 UTC

2026-08-11 18:30:00 UTC

2026-08-18 18:30:00 UTC

2026-08-25 18:30:00 UTC

2026-09-01 18:30:00 UTC

2026-09-08 18:30:00 UTC

2026-09-15 18:30:00 UTC

2026-09-22 18:30:00 UTC

2026-09-29 18:30:00 UTC

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

Implementation Examples

Linux Crontab

30 18 * * 1-5 /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 "30 18 * * 1-5 /app/script.sh" | crontab - && crond -f'

Kubernetes CronJob

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: weekdays-at-630-pm
spec:
  schedule: "30 18 * * 1-5"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: job
            image: your-app:latest
            command: ["/app/script.sh"]
          restartPolicy: OnFailure

GitHub Actions

name: Weekdays at 6:30 PM
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '30 18 * * 1-5'
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run task
        run: ./script.sh