Cron: Every 6 hours
Runs the job four times a day, every six hours.
0 */6 * * *At 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00 every day.
Field breakdown
| Minute | Hour | Day of month | Month | Day of week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | */6 | * | * | * |
The five fields are, in order: minute (0–59), hour (0–23), day of month (1–31), month (1–12), and day of week (0–6, Sunday = 0).
Common use case
Four-times-daily backups or refreshing data from a slow external source.
Watch out for
Run times are in the server’s timezone — verify it (often UTC) so 06:00 is when you expect.
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