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What does 0 */6 * * * mean?

0 */6 * * *

Runs every 6 hours.

This is a cron schedule. Cron is the standard syntax used by Unix/Linux crontab, CI pipelines, and job schedulers to say when a task should run.

Next run times (UTC)
Mon Jul 20 2026 00:00:00 UTC
Mon Jul 20 2026 06:00:00 UTC
Mon Jul 20 2026 12:00:00 UTC
Mon Jul 20 2026 18:00:00 UTC
Tue Jul 21 2026 00:00:00 UTC
Tue Jul 21 2026 06:00:00 UTC

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