Cron Job Every 2 Months On Day 3 Of The Month (Crontab)

This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 2 months on day 3 of the month.

The Cron Job/Crontab

To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:

0 0 3 */2 *

This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):

“Every 2 months on day 3 of the month.”

What is a Cron Job & Crontab?

A crontab is a file that contains instructions for the cron daemon. The cron daemon is a program that runs in the background and executes tasks at specified times. A crontab file typically contains a list of commands, with each command being executed at a specified time.

Cron Fields

Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 2 months on day 3 of the month“:

Field 1: (0) indicates that the task will be run at minute 0.

Field 2: (0) indicates that the task will be run at hour 0 (12 am).

Field 3: (3) indicates that the task will be run on day 3 of every month.

Field 4: (*/2) indicates that the task will be run every 2 months.

Field 5: (*) indicates that the task will be run every day of the week.

 

FUN FACT: Cron is typically used for things like system maintenance tasks, running backups etc..

Use Cases

You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 2 months on day 3 of the month for several reasons, including:

• Maintain a blog: create and publish new content, send out newsletter
• Check for updates to software dependencies and update them
• Take backups of the database

Similar Cron Jobs

You might also want to run a crontab:

• every 4 months
• every 2 months
• every 1 month
• every 6 months
• every 5 months
• every 1 month on day 5 of the month
• every 5 months on day 4 of the month
• every 2 months on day 15 of the month

FUN FACT: Cron jobs are named after the Greek god of time, Chronos – so now you know where the name comes from!.

Wrapping Up

In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 2 months on day 3 of the month. Please share this page with friends and colleagues if you find it useful.

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If you are looking for cron jobs that run at certain minutes, hours, days, weekdays, or months, or if you are looking for miscellaneous cron jobs, then check out our relevant sections, or visit our crontab cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.