Cron expression for every five minutes in the next n hours?

Question

I know every five minutes is:

0 0/5 * * * *

But how do I limit the number hours for this to happen?

Example: Every five minutes for the next 10 hours.

Answer 1

Use the range operator to specify the hours. For example, for running the job every five minutes for 10 hours starting at 2 am:

0 0/5 2-12 * * *

Here is an excellent tutorial on Cron expression and operators: http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-2.x/tutorials/crontrigger.html

Edit: 10/3/2016: Updated the link.

Answer 2

I think should be able to define a trigger that can repeat every hour until a certain time:

import static org.quartz.SimpleScheduleBuilder.simpleSchedule;
import static org.quartz.TriggerBuilder.newTrigger;

...

Trigger myTrigger = newTrigger()
                    .withIdentity('myUniqueTriggerID")
                    .forJob(myJob)
                    .startAt(startDate)
                    .endAt(endDate)
                    .withSchedule(simpleSchedule().withIntervalInHours(1));

...

scheduler.scheduleJob(myJob, myTrigger);