This section describes the parameters that you can use to specify when to run a job.
You use a series of fields to specify the times for a job to run.
Field |
Description |
Range |
---|---|---|
Minutes |
The number of minutes. |
0-59 |
Hours |
The hour in the day. |
0-23 |
Dates (Day of Month) |
The day of the month. |
1-31 |
Months |
The month of the year. |
1-12 |
Days (Weekday) |
The day of the week (Sunday = 0). |
0-6 |
The numeric values you enter in the fields can be represented as follows:
The schedule is constructed from the values specified for the fields. Examples:
Values Desired schedule |
Minutes |
Hours |
Dates |
Months |
Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run job daily, at 5 p.m. |
0 |
17 |
* |
* |
* |
Run job weekly, every Monday at 4:30 p.m. |
30 |
16 |
* |
* |
1 |
Run job every half hour on every week day, skip weekends |
*/30 |
* |
* |
* |
1-5 |
Run job at 12:30 a.m., every other day |
30 |
0 |
*/2 |
* |
* |
Days/Dates examples:
Values Desired schedule |
Minutes |
Hours |
Dates |
Months |
Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run job at 1:01 a.m. on the first day of each month. Dates uses a literal value; Days uses an asterisk. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
* |
* |
Run job at 1:01 a.m. on every Monday in the month. Dates uses an asterisk; Days uses a literal value. |
1 |
1 |
* |
* |
1 |
Run job at 1:01 a.m. on every Monday in the month and on the first day of the month regardless of whether that day is a Monday. Both Dates and Days use a literal value. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
* |
1 |
Run job at 1:01 a.m. every day. Both Dates and Days use an asterisk value. |
1 |
1 |
* |
* |
* |