Field | Required | Values | Special Characters |
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Second | Yes | 0–59 | , - * / |
Minute | Yes | 0–59 | , - * / |
Hour | Yes | 0–23 | , - * / |
Day of Month | Yes | 1–31 | , - * / L W ? |
Month | Yes | 1–12 or JAN–DEC | , - * / |
Day of Week | Yes | 1–7 or SUN–SAT | , - * / # ? |
Year | No | 1970–2099 | , - * / |
Character | Description | Examples |
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* | All values for the field are selected. | * in the Hour field means every hour. |
? | No specific value required. Only usable in the Day of Month and Day of Week fields. | To set a schedule that runs on Sundays regardless of the day of the month, use a ? in the Day of Month field and a 1 in the Day of Week field. |
- | Specify a range (inclusive) between 2 values. | 1–3 in the Hour field (along with a 0 in the Minute and Second fields) is triggered at 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m., and 3:00 a.m. |
, | Separate multiple values. | 1,3 in the Hour field means 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. |
/ | Incremental trigger. Enter in the format X/Y, where X is the starting value and Y is the increment. | 0/15 in the Minute field means the schedule begins at minute 00 and then runs every 15 minutes thereafter. |
L | Last day of the month or week. Can be combined with other values in each field as illustrated below. • Day of Month: L–X, where X is a number of days to offset from the last calendar day of the month. • Day of Week: XL, where X is a day value (1–7). | L in the Day of Month field means the last calendar day of the month. L–2 in the Day of Month field means the second-to-last calendar day of the month. L in the Day of Week field simply means 7 (Saturday). 7L in the Day of Week field means the last Saturday of the month. |
W | Weekday (Monday–Friday) nearest the given day. Enter in the format XW, where X is the day of the month. | 12W in the Day of Month field is triggered on the 12th day of the month if that day falls on a weekday. If the 12th falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the schedule runs on the following Monday. LW in the Day of Month field is triggered on the last weekday of the month. |
# | Exact monthly instance of the specified day of the week. Enter in the format X#Y, where X is the day of the week and Y is the instance. Note: A value using X#5 will not be triggered for the month if there are not 5 of day X within the month. | 2#3 in the Day of Week field means the 3rd Monday each month. |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0 | 0 | 9 | * | * | ? | * |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0/5 | 0 | 9 | * | * | ? | * |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0 | 25 | 9 | * | * | 6 | * |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0 | 0 | 9 | * | 1,2 | 6 | 2019 |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0 | 0,22,44 | 9 | ? | * | L5 | * |
Seconds | Minutes | Hours | Day of Month | Month | Day of Week | Year |
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0 | 27 | 14-16 | 12W | 10 | ? | * |