Run a cron job every day at midnight
Want a job to run once a day after hours? Midnight is the classic slot for nightly work like backups and reports, when traffic is usually at its lowest.
0 0 * * *0 0 * * *At 12:00 AM
0 0 * * * runs once a day at 00:00. Pair it with a timezone on Cronhost so midnight means midnight where you are, not just in UTC.
Next run times
- 1.2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- 2.2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- 3.2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- 4.2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- 5.2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
What 0 0 * * * means
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | 0 | at minute 0 |
| Hour | 0 | at hour 0 |
| Day of month | * | every day of the month |
| Month | * | every month |
| Day of week | * | every day of the week |
Example use cases
- nightly backups
- daily reports
- end-of-day clean-up
Work with this expression
Schedule this on Cronhost
Point it at any URL, add headers or a body if you need them, and let Cronhost handle the timing, retries, and execution logs. It runs on the free plan.