# 0 17 * * 5

**At 17:00, on Friday**

- Expression: `0 17 * * 5`
- Timezone: UTC
- Frequency: approximately 4.3 runs per month (0.14/day)

## Fields

| Field | Value | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Minute | `0` | At minute 0. |
| Hour | `17` | At 17:00. |
| Day of month | `*` | Every day of the month. |
| Month | `*` | Every month. |
| Day of week | `5` | On Friday. |

## Next runs (UTC)

- Fri, 2026-09-04, 17:00 — `2026-09-04T17:00:00.000Z`
- Fri, 2026-09-11, 17:00 — `2026-09-11T17:00:00.000Z`
- Fri, 2026-09-18, 17:00 — `2026-09-18T17:00:00.000Z`
- Fri, 2026-09-25, 17:00 — `2026-09-25T17:00:00.000Z`
- Fri, 2026-10-02, 17:00 — `2026-10-02T17:00:00.000Z`

## Warnings

### Interpreted in UTC (info)

A cron expression has no timezone of its own — the scheduler's zone decides when it fires. These times are computed in UTC. The same expression on a host in another zone runs at a different moment.

**Fix:** Set the schedule timezone explicitly (TZ= or CRON_TZ= in crontab, `timeZone` in Kubernetes, or the scheduler's own setting). Vercel Cron Jobs always run in UTC.

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