Cron Expressions

Cron expressions are used to configure instances of CronTrigger, a subclass of org.quartz.Trigger. A cron expressions is a string consisting of six or seven subexpressions (fields) that describe individual details of the schedule.

These fields, separated by white space, can contain any of the allowed values with various combinations of the allowed characters for that field.

Table 1 Cron Expression Allowed Fields and Values

Name	Required	Allowed Values	Allowed Special Charaters
Seconds	Y	0-59	,-*/
Minutes	Y	0-59	,-*/
Hours	Y	0-23	,-*/
Day of month	Y	1-31	,-*?/LWC
Month	Y	0-11 or JAN-DEC	,-*/
Day of week	Y	1-7 or SUN-SAT	,-*?/LC#
Year	N	Empty or 1970-2099	,-*/

Example

Cron expression can be as simple as * * * * ? * or as complex as 0 0/5 14,18,3-39,52 ? JAN,MAR,SEP MON-FRI 2002-2010

Table 2 : Cron Expression -Example

Expression	Means
0 0 12 * * ?	Fire at 12:00 PM every day
0 15 10 * * ? *	Fire at 10:15 AM every day
0 * 14 * * ?	Fire every minute starting at 2:00 PM and ending at 2:55 PM, every day
0 15 10 ? * 6L	Fire at 10:15 AM on the last Friday of every month

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Cron Expression to schedule every 360 days