SimpleCronTabCron Wednesday at Midnight
0 0 * * 3Every Wednesday at 12:00 AM
Next 10 Executions
Times shown in UTC
- Wed, May 20, 202600:00
- Wed, May 27, 202600:00
- Wed, Jun 3, 202600:00
- Wed, Jun 10, 202600:00
- Wed, Jun 17, 202600:00
- Wed, Jun 24, 202600:00
- Wed, Jul 1, 202600:00
- Wed, Jul 8, 202600:00
- Wed, Jul 15, 202600:00
- Wed, Jul 22, 202600:00
Field Breakdown
0Minute
0
0Hour
0
*Day of Month
Every day
*Month
Every month
3Day of Week
Wed
About This Schedule
The cron expression 0 0 * * 3 triggers at midnight on Wednesday, right at the midpoint of the work week. This timing is ideal for mid-week overnight processing.
Wednesday midnight is a popular choice for mid-week maintenance windows, running jobs that split the week's workload into two halves, mid-cycle billing calculations, and rotating mid-week logs. If you pair it with a Saturday midnight job, you get evenly spaced processing windows.
As with all midnight schedules, ensure your job handles the timezone correctly — 0 0 * * 3 uses the server's system timezone, not UTC, unless your cron daemon is configured otherwise.