Cron Every Hour on Weekdays (9 AM–5 PM)
Cron expression 0 9-17 * * 1-5 means At at minute 0, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Cron expression to run a job every hour during business hours on weekdays: 0 9-17 * * 1-5. Fires at the top of each hour from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
Cron Expression
Common use cases
- Generating hourly status snapshots during the business day
- Refreshing on-call incident dashboards once per hour
- Syncing CRM data with external tools during working hours
- Sending hourly digest notifications to business users
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Platform usage examples
# Edit your crontab
crontab -e
# Add this line to run every hour on weekdays (9 am–5 pm)
0 9-17 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/script.php
# Or run a shell script
0 9-17 * * 1-5 /home/user/scripts/job.sh >> /var/log/job.log 2>&1# .github/workflows/scheduled.yml
name: Scheduled Job
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 9-17 * * 1-5'
jobs:
run:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Run job
run: echo "Running every hour on weekdays (9 am–5 pm)"apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
name: my-scheduled-job
spec:
schedule: "0 9-17 * * 1-5"
jobTemplate:
spec:
template:
spec:
containers:
- name: job
image: my-image:latest
restartPolicy: OnFailureRelated developer tools
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cron expression for every hour on weekdays (9 am–5 pm)?
The cron expression is 0 9-17 * * 1-5. Cron expression to run a job every hour during business hours on weekdays: 0 9-17 * * 1-5. Fires at the top of each hour from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
How do I schedule a cron job to run every hour on weekdays (9 am–5 pm) in Linux?
Open your crontab with "crontab -e" and add a new line: 0 9-17 * * 1-5 /path/to/your/script.sh — this schedules your script to run every hour on weekdays (9 am–5 pm). Save and exit; the cron daemon picks up the change immediately.
What does the cron expression "0 9-17 * * 1-5" mean?
Cron expression to run a job every hour during business hours on weekdays: 0 9-17 * * 1-5. Fires at the top of each hour from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
Can I use "0 9-17 * * 1-5" in GitHub Actions?
Yes. In your workflow YAML, set the schedule trigger: on: schedule: - cron: '0 9-17 * * 1-5'. GitHub Actions uses standard 5-field Unix cron syntax, so this expression works as-is.