Cron expression for every day at midnight
0 0 * * *
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0 0 * * * runs at 00:00 every day. The @daily and @midnight macros mean the same thing.
In plain English: “At 12:00 AM”
Field breakdown
| Minute | 0 |
| Hour | 0 |
| Day of month | * |
| Month | * |
| Day of week | * |
Next run times (UTC)
- Tue, Aug 25, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC in 12h 51m
- Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC in 1 day
- Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC in 2 days
- Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC in 3 days
- Sat, Aug 29, 2026 · 12:00 AM UTC in 4 days
See these in your own timezone.
When to use it
- Nightly backups and database dumps.
- Daily report generation and email digests.
- Rolling over daily counters or clearing yesterday's temp data.
Related schedules
Good to know
- Midnight jobs are sensitive to the server's timezone. If your server runs UTC but your business is in New York, “midnight” fires at 7 or 8 PM local. Set the schedule in the timezone you actually mean.
- Many people move nightly jobs to 2–3 AM instead, to avoid the midnight rush of everything firing at once.