Cronnest

GitHub Actions Cron Schedule

Build and understand GitHub Actions schedule cron expressions. See next run times in UTC with clear caveats.

GitHub Actions Cron Schedule

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schedule cron (UTC only in Actions)

Plain English

Every hour, every day

  • GitHub Actions schedules run in UTC only. Timezone selection below is for preview; the workflow itself always uses UTC.
  • GitHub may delay scheduled workflows during high load; do not rely on exact-second timing.

Next 5 runs (UTC)

  1. Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 15:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T15:00:00.000Z
  2. Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 16:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T16:00:00.000Z
  3. Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 17:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T17:00:00.000Z
  4. Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 18:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T18:00:00.000Z
  5. Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 19:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T19:00:00.000Z

Export

0 * * * *

GitHub Actions schedule cron

Workflows can run on a schedule using the standard 5-field Unix cron syntax under on.schedule. GitHub always evaluates these schedules in UTC.

Example

Run every hour at minute 0:

cron: '0 * * * *'

Caveats