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modal.Cron

Cron jobs are a type of schedule, specified using the Unix cron tab syntax.

The alternative schedule type is the modal.Period.

Usage

We can specify different schedules with cron strings, for example:

We can also optionally specify a timezone, for example:

If no timezone is specified, the default is UTC.

Construct a schedule that runs according to a cron expression string.

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