GitHub Actions Cron Schedule Generator

Here’s a tool create GitHub Actions cron workflows and get you started.

Please note that GHA cron jobs aren’t 100% reliable and should not be used for critical production workloads. For example, your job’s start time may be delayed.

Crontab Syntax Explanation:


    The cron syntax consists of five fields, separated by spaces:
    


    ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
    

    │ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
    

    │ │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
    

    │ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12)
    

    │ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday)
    

    │ │ │ │ │
    

    * * * * *
    


    Special characters:
    

    * : any value
    

    , : value list separator
    

    - : range of values
    

    / : step values
    


    Examples:
    

    "0 0 * * *" : Run at midnight every day
    

    "*/15 * * * *" : Run every 15 minutes
    

    "0 0 1,15 * *" : Run at midnight on the 1st and 15th of each month