GitHub Actions Cron Schedule Builder

Set the fields, copy the cron and the workflow snippet. No more guessing the five-field syntax.

GitHub Actions schedules use standard five-field cron, evaluated in UTC. Set each field below to generate the expression and the on: schedule block.

Minute

Hour

Day of month

Month

Day of week

Gotchas

Scheduled workflows run in UTC, not your local time.
GitHub can delay scheduled runs under load - do not rely on exact timing.
Schedules only run on the default branch.

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