To run in a time window until midnight - cron

I have an AirFlow scheduler that I want to run at 13 until midnight from Monday to Saturday. I wrote an expression like this:
0 13-0 * * 1-6
While trying to validate this in crontab.guru for example I get an error since 0 is smaller than 13:
https://crontab.guru/
Does anyone know how can I write a valid cron-expression for this type of schedule?

If you would like to run your command at minute 00 from 13:00 onwards till midnight (inclusive) on all days except Sundays, then you have to play a trick. It is not possible to define the hour 24 in a crontab. You can define the hour 00, but a crontab of the form
0 0,13-23 * * 1-6
will run on Monday 00:00 and not on Sunday 00:00 which is what the OP really wants.
Here are two methods you can use:
Run two crontabs:
0 13-23 * * 1-6
0 0 * * 2-7
Run a single crontab a minute earlier:
59 12-23 * * 1-6

How about: 0 13-23 * * 1-6
“At minute 0 past every hour from 13 through 23 on every day-of-week from Monday through Saturday.”
Source: https://crontab.guru/#0_13-23___1-6

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Crontab expression for a 8 and a half hour range

Crontab to run a job every minute from 11pm to 7:30am
I have this so far which is every minute from 11pm to 7:00am
the problem is the half hour.
* 23,0-7 * * *
You can play around with it here crontab_guru
Any ideas?
#Dunski : I have checked in many ways this *,0-30 23,0-7 * * * expression could stop at 07:59 min only but not yet 07:30 am.
As #jordanm suggested we have only a way to run two jobs from :
11 pm to 7 am expression * 23,0-7 * * * (“At every minute past hour 23 and every hour from 0 through 7.”) and then
7 am to 7:30 am 0-30 7 * * * (“At every minute from 0 through 30 past hour 7.”).

Crontab for every odd Saturday

How do I set the crontab for every odd saturday (or other weekday) ?
Few crontabs I have tried:
0 22 */7 * 6
0 22 * * 6 (This is every saturday)

How to create cron expression for Hangfire job that executes everyday at some time

I am new to cron expression. All i need to know that how to create cron for recurring job in Hangfire that executes after every 1 day at 5 pm, 1 am, 2:45 pm
Understanding that Hangfire also accepts standard Cron expression, I've tried exploring Cron expressions for this frequency but couldn't find one for it.
I know how it will be done for "every 15 minutes":
*/15 * * * *
I need to run it every day .
The general syntax used by cronjob schedular is :
# Execute the <b>command</b> every minute of every day.
* * * * * command
Explanation of all the fields used by cronjob schedular :
# field # meaning allowed values
# ------- ------------ --------------
# 1 minute 0-59
# 2 hour 0-23
# 3 day of month 1-31
# 4 month 1-12 (or names, see below)
# 5 day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)
Instead of the first five fields, one of eight special strings can be used :
string meaning
------ -------
#reboot Run once, at startup.
#yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *".
#annually (same as #yearly)
#monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *".
#weekly Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0".
#daily Run once a day, "0 0 * * *".
#midnight (same as #daily)
#hourly Run once an hour, "0 * * * *".
To repeat the job after an interval / is used :
*/15 * * * * command
# This will execute the command after every 15 minutes.
In order to execute the job at specific times, a "," can be used :
* 2,20 * * * command
# This will execute the job every minute but at the hours 2 AM and 8 PM.
Hope that clears your doubts.
I am Trying like:
RecurringJob.AddOrUpdate(() => Console.Write("Recurring"), "*/15 * * * *");

Quartz Cron expression :Run every 15 days ie twice in a month

I want to set the scheduler with a quartz cron expression which will trigger every 15 days ,for example 1st and 15th of every month.The 0 15 10 15 * ? is triggering only on 15th of every
month.
I have tested this and the following expression works fine
"0 0 0 1,15 * ?"
the 1,15 statement fires triggers on 1st and 15th of every month at 00:00 hours.
You can change the first three zeroes to fire them at a particular time you want.
the 1st zero -> seconds
the 2nd zero -> minutes
the 3rd zero -> hours
0 0 1,15 * *
“At 00:00 on day-of-month 1 and 15.”
0 0 1,15 1 *
“At 00:00 on day-of-month 1 and 15 in January.”
0 0 1,15 1 6
“At 00:00 on day-of-month 1 and 15 and on Saturday in January.”
The following also works fine, it executes your command on the 15th and the 30th at 02:00 AM of every month:
0 2 */15 * * <yourCommand>
You just need to append 1 with a comma to your expression at 'Day of Month' block.
Rest is fine !
0 15 10 1,15 * ?
This will schedule to run every 1st and 15th day of the month and 10:15 am.

execute crontab twice daily at 00h and 13:30

i want to execute a script twice daily at 00:00 and 13:30 so i write :
0,30 0,13 * * *
it seems wrong for me, because like this, the script will fire at 00:00 , 00:30 , 13:00 and 13:30. Any idea ?
Try this-: 00 01,13 * * *
it will run at 1 A.M and 1 P.M
You can't do what you want in one entry, since the two minute definitions will apply for both hour definitions (as you've identified).
The solution is (unfortunately) use two cron entries. One for 00:00 and one for 13:30.
An alternative is perhaps to execute one script at 00:00. That script would execute your original script, then wait 13.5 hours and then execute that script again. It would be easy to do via a simple sleep command, but I think it's unintuitive, and I'm not sure how cron manages such long running processes (what happens if you edit the crontab - does it kill a spawned job etc.)
You CAN NOT do that with cron on a single line.
You have to create 2 separate lines like so:
# Will run "YourCommand" at 00:00 every day of every months
#Min Hours D of the M Month D of the Week Command
0 0 * * * YourCommand
# Will run "YourCommand" at 13:30 every day of every months
30 13 * * * YourCommand
Or, as a single line, you can run a command every x hours, like so:
# Will run "YourCommand" every 12 hours
0 */12 * * * YourCommand
or
# Will run "YourCommand" at 1am and 1pm every day
0 1,13 * * * YourCommand arg1 arg2
Try this out: 0 6,18 * * *
it will run at minute 0 past hour 6 and 18
Or you can try it out on cronguru
try ...
00,30 00,13 * * * [ `date +%H%M` == 1330 ] || [ `date +%H%M` == 0000 ] && logger "its time"
Try this out:
0 1,13 * * *
What the above code means:
Cron will run at minute 0 past hour 1 and 13
Sharing a screenshot from crontab.guru
30 0,13 * * * somecommand.sh
This is just purely an example, but you will see that this is a cron entry that will run at 0:30AM and then 1:30PM (13 is 1 in military time). Just comma separate the hours, or comma separate whatever section of the cron.
try this,
0 10 9/12 ? * *
At second :00, at minute :10, every 12 hours starting at 09am, of every day
Try this, Only if you have the same minutes for each schedule. This will run your job twice a day at 1:00 & 13:00
0 1,13 * * *
You can try quickly more variations here: https://crontab.guru/

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