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A cron expression has 5 fields separated by spaces, each representing a time unit. Fields can use * (any), numbers, ranges (1-5), lists (1,3,5), and step values (*/15).
30 = at minute 309-17 = 9am–5pm1,15 = 1st and 15th*/3 = every 3 months1-5 = Mon–FriSalesforce Apex scheduled jobs use a 6-field cron format with an extra Seconds field at the start: Seconds Minutes Hours Day_of_month Month Day_of_week. This tool generates standard 5-field cron. For Apex, prepend 0 (or your desired second) to the expression.
Cron uses the server's local timezone by default. Many systems like AWS EventBridge and GitHub Actions use UTC. Check your scheduler's timezone setting and convert your desired local time accordingly.
Use */15 * * * *. The */n syntax means "every n units". So */15 in the minute field means at minutes 0, 15, 30, and 45 of every hour.