Cron Job Every Day at 10:00 PM – Expression & Examples
The expression 0 22 * * * schedules a task to run once daily at exactly 22:00 (10:00 PM) in the server's configured timezone. The fields break down as: minute 0, hour 22, any day of month, any month, and any day of week. This makes it a reliable fixed-time daily trigger, commonly used for end-of-day processing after business hours have closed.
How It Works
The expression 0 22 * * * schedules a task to run once daily at exactly 22:00 (10:00 PM) in the server's configured timezone. The fields break down as: minute 0, hour 22, any day of month, any month, and any day of week. This makes it a reliable fixed-time daily trigger, commonly used for end-of-day processing after business hours have closed.
Common Use Cases
- Generate and email daily summary reports to stakeholders at the close of business
- Run end-of-day database backups after peak traffic has subsided
- Trigger nightly data sync or ETL pipelines that consolidate records from the day
- Send scheduled push notifications or digest emails to users in evening hours
Monitor a Job on This Schedule
Writing the 0 22 * * * schedule is only half the job. Cron fires silently — if the run is skipped, the server is down, or the script fails, nothing tells you. A heartbeat monitor closes that gap: your job pings a URL on success, and you get an alert the moment an expected run goes missing. CronJobPro can run this schedule for you as an HTTP job, or watch a job you run elsewhere (cron, CI, Kubernetes) with a dead-man's-switch check.
Schedule This Cron Job Now
Create a free CronJobPro account and use 0 22 * * * to schedule HTTP requests automatically — with monitoring, retries, and notifications built in.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 0 22 * * * mean in cron?
The expression 0 22 * * * schedules a task to run once daily at exactly 22:00 (10:00 PM) in the server's configured timezone. The fields break down as: minute 0, hour 22, any day of month, any month, and any day of week. This makes it a reliable fixed-time daily trigger, commonly used for end-of-day processing after business hours have closed.
How do I use this cron expression?
On Linux/macOS, edit your crontab with crontab -e and add:0 22 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh
Or use CronJobPro to schedule HTTP requests with this expression — no server required.
What timezone does cron use?
By default, cron uses the system timezone. CronJobPro lets you set a specific timezone per job, so your schedules are predictable regardless of server location.