--- reviewers: - erictune - soltysh - janetkuo title: CronJob content_type: concept weight: 80 --- {{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.21" state="stable" >}} A _CronJob_ creates {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="job" text="Jobs" >}} on a repeating schedule. One CronJob object is like one line of a _crontab_ (cron table) file. It runs a job periodically on a given schedule, written in [Cron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) format. In addition, the CronJob schedule supports timezone handling, you can specify the timezone by adding "CRON_TZ=