Every 6 Hours

Runs four times a day, every six hours.

Cron expression for every 6 hours

Every 6 hours, on the hour

0 */6 * * *

0 */6 * * *

Fires at 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00. A typical cadence for backups and index rebuilds that are too heavy to run hourly.

Field by field
FieldValueMeaning
Minute0At minute 0
Hour*/6Every 6th hour: 0, 6, 12, 18
Day of month*Every day of the month
Month*Every month
Day of week*Every day of the week
Next 5 runs (your local time)

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