Run Jobs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 AM | CronBase

const cron = require('node-cron');

// Schedule task for Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 AM
// Standard cron syntax: '0 8 * * 2,4'
const task = cron.schedule('0 8 * * 2,4', () => {
    console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Initiating scheduled bi-weekly report generation.`);
    try {
        generateReports();
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Failed to execute scheduled report task:', error);
    }
}, {
    scheduled: true,
    timezone: "America/New_York"
});

function generateReports() {
    // Production-ready business logic goes here
    console.log("Reports generated successfully.");
}

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Production-grade cron wrapper for Tuesday/Thursday 8 AM execution
set -euo pipefail
readonly LOG_FILE="/var/log/tue_thu_job.log"
exec >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
echo "[$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] Starting scheduled bi-weekly maintenance..."
# Execute main task with proper error checking
if ! /usr/local/bin/backup_script.sh; then
    echo "[ERROR] Maintenance job failed!" >&2
    exit 1
fi
echo "[SUCCESS] Maintenance job completed successfully."

import logging
from datetime import datetime
from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def trigger_biweekly_sync():
    logger.info("Executing scheduled Tuesday/Thursday data synchronization sync.")
    try:
        # Production logic goes here
        pass
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Sync failed during execution: {str(e)}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
    # 2,4 translates to Tuesday and Thursday. APScheduler accepts day names or 0-6 (Mon-Sun)
    scheduler.add_job(trigger_biweekly_sync, 'cron', day_of_week='tue,thu', hour=8, minute=0)
    logger.info("Scheduler initialized. Monitoring for Tuesday/Thursday 08:00 runs...")
    try:
        scheduler.start()
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        logger.info("Scheduler stopped cleanly.")

package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"syscall"

	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
)

func main() {
	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "[CronJob] ", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile)

	// Initialize cron parser with standard 5-field capabilities
	c := cron.New(cron.WithParser(cron.NewParser(
		cron.Minute | cron.Hour | cron.Dom | cron.Month | cron.Dow | cron.Descriptor,
	)))

	_, err := c.AddFunc("0 8 * * 2,4", func() {
		logger.Println("Starting Tuesday/Thursday morning database optimization...")
		if err := runOptimization(); err != nil {
			logger.Printf("ERROR: Optimization job failed: %v", err)
		}
	})
	if err != nil {
		logger.Fatalf("Failed to schedule cron job: %v", err)
	}

	c.Start()
	logger.Println("Scheduler running. Waiting for next execution...")

	sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	<-sigChan

	logger.Println("Shutdown signal received. Stopping scheduler...")
	c.Stop()
}

func runOptimization() error {
	// Production logic goes here
	return nil
}

package com.example.cron;

import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

@Component
public class BiWeeklyScheduler {
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BiWeeklyScheduler.class);

    // Spring cron format: second, minute, hour, day of month, month, day(s) of week
    // "0 0 8 * * TUE,THU" targets Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00:00 AM
    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 8 * * TUE,THU", zone = "UTC")
    public void executeBiWeeklyTask() {
        logger.info("Executing scheduled Tuesday/Thursday morning workflow.");
        try {
            runWorkflow();
            logger.info("Workflow execution completed successfully.");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            logger.error("Critical error executing scheduled workflow", e);
        }
    }

    private void runWorkflow() throws Exception {
        // Production implementation goes here
    }
}

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: biweekly-reports-cleanup
  namespace: production
spec:
  schedule: "0 8 * * 2,4"
  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 5
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: worker
            image: registry.example.com/ops/worker-image:v1.2.0
            command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "python run_reports.py"]
            resources:
              limits:
                cpu: "500m"
                memory: "512Mi"
              requests:
                cpu: "250m"
                memory: "256Mi"
          restartPolicy: OnFailure