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Node cron, run every midnight

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I want to run cron job daily at midnight. For this I am using

0 0 0 1-31 * *  

but it doesn't work for me. I am using the node cron. Please suggest the valid format.

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Rajeev Avatar asked Jun 30 '15 12:06

Rajeev


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2 Answers

You don't need to set all the fields. Set just first three and it'll take care of running every day at midnight

0 0 0 * * * 
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Pawan Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 08:10

Pawan


It's quite simple....

The below is the code to run crone job every day 12 AM..

var job = new CronJob('0 0 0 * * *', function() {  //will run every day at 12:00 AM }) 

For more https://www.npmjs.com/package/cron

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Surjeet Bhadauriya Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 08:10

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