Cron Every 3 Days

0 0 */3 * *

On day 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 22nd, 25th, 28th, 31st of every month at 12:00 AM

Next 10 Executions

Times shown in UTC

  • Tue, May 19, 202600:00
  • Fri, May 22, 202600:00
  • Mon, May 25, 202600:00
  • Thu, May 28, 202600:00
  • Sun, May 31, 202600:00
  • Mon, Jun 1, 202600:00
  • Thu, Jun 4, 202600:00
  • Sun, Jun 7, 202600:00
  • Wed, Jun 10, 202600:00
  • Sat, Jun 13, 202600:00

Field Breakdown

0
Minute
0
0
Hour
0
*/3
Day of Month
Every 3 days
*
Month
Every month
*
Day of Week
Every day of week

About This Schedule

The cron expression 0 0 */3 * * runs a job every 3rd day of the month — on days 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, and 31. Like all day-of-month step expressions, this resets at each month boundary.

For approximately 10-11 executions per month, this is a good schedule for periodic maintenance, data archiving, and non-critical batch jobs.

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