What is the cron expression for weekdays at 9 AM?

The expression is 0 9 * * 1-5. The range 1-5 covers Monday through Friday.

How do I exclude holidays from a weekday schedule?

Standard cron has no concept of holidays. You need to handle holiday exclusion in your application logic — check a holiday calendar before executing the job.

Cron Every Weekday at 9 AM

0 9 * * 1-5

Every weekday at 9:00 AM

Next 10 Executions

Times shown in UTC

Mon, May 18, 202609:00
Tue, May 19, 202609:00
Wed, May 20, 202609:00
Thu, May 21, 202609:00
Fri, May 22, 202609:00
Mon, May 25, 202609:00
Tue, May 26, 202609:00
Wed, May 27, 202609:00
Thu, May 28, 202609:00
Fri, May 29, 202609:00

Field Breakdown

0

Minute

9

Hour

*

Day of Month

Every day

*

Month

Every month

1-5

Day of Week

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

About This Schedule

The cron expression 0 9 * * 1-5 fires at 9:00 AM every weekday — Monday through Friday. The range 1-5 in the day-of-week field covers Monday (1) through Friday (5), skipping Saturday and Sunday.

This is one of the most practical cron schedules for business automation. Common uses include sending daily standup reminders, refreshing dashboards before the workday, processing overnight data for morning review, and triggering daily CI builds during business hours.

To change the time, adjust the hour and minute fields: 30 8 * * 1-5 runs at 8:30 AM on weekdays. To include Saturday, extend the range: 0 9 * * 1-6. For a completely different time on different days, you'll need two separate cron entries.