Cron Every Tuesday and Thursday

0 0 * * 2,4

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00 AM

Next 10 Executions

Times shown in UTC

  • Tue, May 19, 202600:00
  • Thu, May 21, 202600:00
  • Tue, May 26, 202600:00
  • Thu, May 28, 202600:00
  • Tue, Jun 2, 202600:00
  • Thu, Jun 4, 202600:00
  • Tue, Jun 9, 202600:00
  • Thu, Jun 11, 202600:00
  • Tue, Jun 16, 202600:00
  • Thu, Jun 18, 202600:00

Field Breakdown

0
Minute
0
0
Hour
0
*
Day of Month
Every day
*
Month
Every month
2,4
Day of Week
Tue, Thu

About This Schedule

The cron expression 0 0 * * 2,4 fires at midnight every Tuesday and Thursday. This is the alternate twice-weekly schedule to Monday/Wednesday, often used to stagger workloads.

Tuesday and Thursday schedules are popular in teams that use Monday/Wednesday for deployments — the T/Th jobs handle post-deployment validation, testing, and monitoring. This pattern is also used for twice-weekly database maintenance, alternating report cycles, and scheduled data quality checks.

The 2,4 in the day-of-week field is a list: 2 = Tuesday, 4 = Thursday. You can add Friday for a three-day schedule: 0 0 * * 2,4,5.

Frequently Asked Questions