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Cron: Every year

Type a cron schedule and get plain English, a field-by-field breakdown, and the next run times — all in your browser.

Expression
At 00:00 on day-of-month 1 in January
Fields
minute
0
minute 0
hour
0
hour 0
day of month
1
day-of-month 1
month
1
January
day of week
*
every day-of-week
Next runs
No upcoming runs within 5 years.

The cron expression for every year

To run a job every year, use 0 0 1 1 *. Read aloud it means: At 00:00 on day-of-month 1 in January.

Field by field: minute 0minute 0; hour 0hour 0; day of month 1day-of-month 1; month 1January; day of week *every day-of-week.

Drop the expression into a crontab, a CI schedule, or anything else that speaks standard five-field cron syntax. The times above are in your local timezone — most cron daemons run in the server's timezone, so mind the difference when it matters.