docs/daprdocs/content/en/operations/components/setup-bindings/supported-bindings/cron.md

type	title	linkTitle	description
docs	Cron binding spec	Cron	Detailed documentation on the cron binding component

Setup Dapr component

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: bindings.cron
  metadata:
  - name: schedule
    value: "@every 15m" # valid cron schedule  

Schedule Format

The Dapr cron binding supports following formats:

Character	Descriptor	Acceptable values
1	Second	0 to 59, or *
2	Minute	0 to 59, or *
3	Hour	0 to 23, or * (UTC)
4	Day of the month	1 to 31, or *
5	Month	1 to 12, or *
6	Day of the week	0 to 7 (where 0 and 7 represent Sunday), or *

For example:

• 30 * * * * * - every 30 seconds
• 0 15 * * * * - every 15 minutes
• 0 30 3-6,20-23 * * * - every hour on the half hour in the range 3-6am, 8-11pm
• CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 30 04 * * * - every day at 4:30am New York time

You can learn more about cron and the supported formats here

For ease of use, the Dapr cron binding also supports few shortcuts:

• @every 15s where s is seconds, m minutes, and h hours
• @daily or @hourly which runs at that period from the time the binding is initialized

Related links

• [Bindings building block]({{< ref bindings >}})
• [How-To: Trigger application with input binding]({{< ref howto-triggers.md >}})
• [How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources]({{< ref howto-bindings.md >}})
• [Bindings API reference]({{< ref bindings_api.md >}})