What is the cron expression for Friday at 9 AM?

The expression is 0 9 * * 5. Day-of-week 5 is Friday.

Should I schedule deployments on Friday?

Many teams avoid Friday deploys to prevent weekend incidents. Consider Monday through Thursday for production deployments instead.

Cron Friday at 9 AM

0 9 * * 5

Every Friday at 9:00 AM

Next 10 Executions

Times shown in UTC

Fri, May 22, 202609:00
Fri, May 29, 202609:00
Fri, Jun 5, 202609:00
Fri, Jun 12, 202609:00
Fri, Jun 19, 202609:00
Fri, Jun 26, 202609:00
Fri, Jul 3, 202609:00
Fri, Jul 10, 202609:00
Fri, Jul 17, 202609:00
Fri, Jul 24, 202609:00

Field Breakdown

0

Minute

9

Hour

*

Day of Month

Every day

*

Month

Every month

5

Day of Week

Fri

About This Schedule

The cron expression 0 9 * * 5 fires every Friday at 9:00 AM. Friday morning is the last chance to run weekly summaries, send end-of-week reminders, and trigger pre-weekend maintenance tasks.

This schedule is popular for weekly status report generation, sending "week in review" emails, running Friday deployment pipelines (for teams that deploy on Fridays), and triggering automated backup verification before the weekend.

Be cautious about Friday deploys in production — many teams have a "no deploy Friday" policy. But for staging environments, internal tools, and reporting, Friday at 9 AM is a solid choice. Use 0 9 * * 1-4 if you want to explicitly exclude Friday.