Run Weekly Friday Morning Jobs at 9 AM | CronBase

const cron = require('node-cron');
const { exec } = require('child_process');

console.log('Registering Friday 9 AM weekly scheduler...');

// Schedule syntax: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week
cron.schedule('0 9 * * 5', () => {
  console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] Initiating weekly Friday task...`);
  
  exec('/usr/local/bin/friday-cleanup.sh', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
    if (error) {
      console.error(`[ERROR] Task failed: ${error.message}`);
      return;
    }
    if (stderr) {
      console.warn(`[WARN] Standard Error Output: ${stderr}`);
    }
    console.log(`[SUCCESS] Output: ${stdout}`);
  });
}, {
  scheduled: true,
  timezone: "America/New_York"
});

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# System crontab entry to run a weekly report script
# Add this line to /etc/cron.d/weekly-report or via 'crontab -e'
# 0 9 * * 5 /usr/local/bin/run-weekly-report.sh >> /var/log/weekly-report.log 2>&1

set -euo pipefail

LOCKFILE="/var/run/weekly-report.lock"
LOG_FILE="/var/log/weekly-report.log"

# Ensure only one instance runs
exec 9>"$LOCKFILE"
if ! flock -n 9; then
    echo "[$(date '+$Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Script is already running. Exiting." >&2
    exit 1
fi

echo "[$(date)] Starting Friday 9 AM weekly job..."
# Perform actual work here
if /usr/local/bin/generate-report-data; then
    echo "[$(date)] Weekly job completed successfully."
else
    echo "[$(date)] ERROR: Weekly job failed!" >&2
    exit 1
fi

import logging
import sys
from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
from apscheduler.triggers.cron import CronTrigger

logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s',
    handlers=[logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)]
)

def trigger_weekly_pipeline():
    logging.info("Starting Friday morning weekly data pipeline...")
    try:
        # Simulate business logic
        logging.info("Pipeline execution completed successfully.")
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error(f"Pipeline crashed with exception: {str(e)}")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
    # 0 9 * * 5 standard cron equivalency
    trigger = CronTrigger(day_of_week='fri', hour=9, minute=0, timezone='UTC')
    scheduler.add_job(trigger_weekly_pipeline, trigger=trigger, id='friday_9am_job')
    
    logging.info("Scheduler started. Awaiting execution on Fridays at 09:00 UTC.")
    try:
        scheduler.start()
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
        logging.info("Scheduler stopped cleanly.")

package main

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

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

func main() {
	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "[CRON] ", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile)
	
	// Use NYC timezone specifically for localized 9 AM Friday execution
	location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
	if err != nil {
		logger.Fatalf("Failed to load timezone: %v", err)
	}

	c := cron.New(cron.WithLocation(location))

	_, err = c.AddFunc("0 9 * * 5", func() {
		logger.Println("Friday 9 AM job triggered. Starting operations...")
		// Implement business logic here
		logger.Println("Friday 9 AM job executed successfully.")
	})
	if err != nil {
		logger.Fatalf("Error scheduling cron job: %v", err)
	}

	c.Start()
	logger.Println("Cron engine initialized. Waiting for Friday 09:00 EST/EDT...")

	// Wait for interrupt signal to gracefully shut down
	sigChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
	<-sigChan

	logger.Println("Stopping scheduler...")
	c.Stop()
}

package com.example.scheduler;

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

import java.time.Instant;

@Component
public class FridayWeeklyScheduler {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FridayWeeklyScheduler.class);

    // Standard Spring cron syntax: second, minute, hour, day, month, day-of-week
    // "0 0 9 * * FRI" executes at 09:00:00 AM every Friday
    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 9 * * FRI", zone = "Europe/London")
    public void executeFridayMorningJob() {
        logger.info("Triggered Friday weekly job at timestamp: {}", Instant.now());
        try {
            performMaintenanceTask();
            logger.info("Friday weekly job finished successfully.");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.error("Critical error during Friday morning execution: ", ex);
        }
    }

    private void performMaintenanceTask() {
        // Actual business logic goes here
    }
}

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: weekly-friday-cleanup
  namespace: production
spec:
  schedule: "0 9 * * 5"
  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 5
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: worker
            image: python:3.10-slim
            command:
            - python
            - -c
            - "print('Executing weekly Friday cleanup and sync tasks...')"
            resources:
              limits:
                cpu: "500m"
                memory: "512Mi"
              requests:
                cpu: "200m"
                memory: "256Mi"
          restartPolicy: OnFailure