Cron twice a day

Runs at 00:00 and 12:00. Change the hours in the list, like 0 8,20 * * *, to pick other times.

At 00:00 and 12:00 every day.

Next runs

What each field means

FieldValueMeaning
Minute00
Hour0,120 and 12
Day of month*every day
Month*every month
Day of week*any day of the week

Know when it doesn’t run

Cron never tells you when a job fails to start or dies halfway. Add a ping at the end of the line: if Heartcron doesn’t hear it on schedule, you get an alert in Telegram, Slack, Discord or email.

0 0,12 * * * /path/to/job.sh && curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 3 https://ping.heartcron.com/<check-id> > /dev/null

Monitor this job for free How pings work

Common schedules