Cron Expression (Quartz) for a program to run every midnight at 12 am

vijee picture vijee · Jun 21, 2012 · Viewed 79.8k times · Source

What is the cron expression in Quartz Scheduler to run a program at 12 am every midnight GMT.

I have never used quartz before so I am still learning.

Is the expression 0 0 12 * * ? or is that for 12 pm (noon). Could anyone tell me?

Answer

S.. picture S.. · Jun 21, 2012

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So in your case:

0 0 0 * * ?

This will fire at midnight, if you want to fire at noon:

0 0 12 * * ?

Or both:

0 0 0,12 * * ?

A good page if you want to get more complicated: http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-2.x/tutorials/tutorial-lesson-06

Have an awesome day!