How to schedule a build in Jenkins?

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How do I schedule a Jenkins build such that it would be able to build only at specific hours every day?

For example to start at 4 PM

0 16 1-7 * *

I understand that as, "at 0 minutes, at 4 o'clock PM, from Monday to Sunday, every month", however it builds every minute :(

I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks!

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The steps for schedule jobs in Jenkins:

  1. click on "Configure" of the job requirement
  2. scroll down to "Build Triggers" - subtitle
  3. Click on the checkBox of Build periodically
  4. Add time schedule in the Schedule field, for example, @midnight

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Note: under the schedule field, can see the last and the next date-time run.

Jenkins also supports predefined aliases to schedule build:

@hourly, @daily, @weekly, @monthly, @midnight

@hourly --> Build every hour at the beginning of the hour --> 0 * * * *

@daily, @midnight --> Build every day at midnight --> 0 0 * * *

@weekly --> Build every week at midnight on Sunday morning --> 0 0 * * 0

@monthly --> Build every month at midnight of the first day of the month --> 0 0 1 * *

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Try this for 4 PM from Monday to Sunday

0 16 * * *

You can check the description messgage displayed while you configuring in "Build periodically' under Jenkins. (Refer the screenshot given below)

"Would last have run at Sunday, November 17, 2019 4:00:05 PM IST; would next run at Monday, November 18, 2019 4:00:05 PM IST."

Screenshot

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The seconds in the time " Monday, November 18, 2019 4:00:05 PM IST" refers to our current system seconds.

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