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Cron expression for every day at midnight
The cron expression for every day at midnight is 0 0 * * *.
In plain English: at 00:00.
Midnight is the most contended minute on any server — every daily job in every crontab tends to land on it. Offsetting by a few minutes avoids the pile-up.
Field by field
| Field | Value | Means |
|---|---|---|
| minute | 0 | 0 |
| hour | 0 | 0 |
| day | * | every day of the month |
| month | * | every month |
| weekday | * | every day of the week, weekends included |
Times it fires
Server local time, on every day the schedule matches.
00:00
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