Cron Expression in reocurring tasks

[Susan Corless]

Hi

I am setting up a re-occurig task in JIRA, which I'd like to run at 12:01 AM Monday to Friday. 

So I have the following Cron expression in place

0 01 0 * MON-FRI

And the task is set to start from 2017-08-02 00:01 but when this is saved it says the next run date is 2017-09-01 01:00

Images of the screens are included 

Any ideas on where I might be going wrong?

Thanks

Susan

[Maciej Kucharek · Accepted solution]

Hi Susan,

First of all, if you want to run at 12:01 AM, I believe your cron expression should look like:

1 0 * * MON-FRI"

(minutes come before hours).

That being said, the add-on you're using would not do that for you. The reason is highlighted on your screenshot, as they are creating issues every 30 minutes. This means that even though you'll set a desired cron expression, your actual running time will get "rounded up" to next half an hour.

If you'd like to have a precise control over when the tasks are created (without the 30 minutes rounding), I'd suggest you give The Scheduler a try.

All the best,

Maciej

[Susan Corless]

Thanks very much Maciej - i thought it would be quiet a silly mistake! I'll have a look at Scheduler too.

[Maciej Kucharek]

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