Cron every quarter

Fires at midnight on January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 — exactly 4 times per year, at quarter boundaries. Standard for quarterly reports, fiscal-period jobs, and tax reminders.

intermediate POSIX / Jenkins / Quartz / AWS

0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *

cron every quarter.

Next 5 fire times

Computed live in your local timezone. The cron expression itself is timezone-agnostic — these times reflect your browser clock.

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Cross-system syntax variants

Same intent, different schedulers. Use this table when migrating between systems.

System	Expression	Note
Standard cron (POSIX)	0 0 1 1,4,7,10 *	month list = quarter starts
Cron (step alt)	0 0 1 /3	step 3 starting at month 1 — equivalent
Cron (named alt)	0 0 1 JAN,APR,JUL,OCT *	POSIX cron supports named months
Jenkins	H H 1 1,4,7,10 *	minute/hour hash
Quartz (Java)	0 0 0 1 1,4,7,10 ?	6-field, named or numeric months
AWS EventBridge	cron(0 0 1 1,4,7,10 ? *)	Quartz-flavor

Common pitfalls

Fiscal year ≠ calendar year for some companies (UK Apr-Mar, US Oct-Sep gov, Japan Apr-Mar). Adjust the month list to match your fiscal calendar.
`*/3` is concise but starts at month 1, fires on 1, 4, 7, 10 — same as explicit list. If you want different anchor (e.g. Feb start), use `2,5,8,11`.
Q1 in cron land starts Jan 1. Your business Q1 may start Apr 1 (UK) or Jul 1 (Australia). Always document which 'quarter' is meant.

Use cases

Quarterly financial report generation
Fiscal period boundary jobs
Quarterly compliance audit
Subscription tier review

Translate any cron expression

cronwtf takes any cron string and returns plain-English description plus the next 5 fire times in your timezone. Standard 5-field, Jenkins H, Quartz 6-field — all supported.

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Related cron schedules

cron every 30 minutes (half-hourly) · cron twice daily (midnight and noon) · cron on the first day of every month · cron: every 5 minutes