Cron: Every weekday (0 0 * * 1-5)

The cron expression 0 0 * * 1-5 translates to “At 00:00, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday”. It is one of the most commonly used schedules (every weekday).

The `1-5` range in the day-of-week field covers Monday through Friday, so with minute 0 and hour 0 the job runs at 00:00 on every weekday and skips the weekend. This is how you express "business days only" in cron: sending workday reports, running payroll or billing steps, or ETL that should only process on days the business operates. The range `1-5` is inclusive on both ends, and because Saturday (6) and Sunday (0) are simply left out, the job silently pauses over the weekend and resumes Monday - no extra logic needed.

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