Running a cron job at 2:30 AM everyday

Question

How to configure a cron job to run every night at 2:30? I know how to make it run at 2, but not 2:30.

Answer 1

As an addition to the all above mentioned great answers, check the https://crontab.guru/ - a useful online resource for checking your crontab syntax.

What you get is human readable representation of what you have specified.

See the examples below:

• 30 2 * * * (answer of this question)
• @daily
• 59 23 31 12 *