Schedule on weekdays

Question

Is there any way we can avoid running scheduled github actions on weekends (Saturday and Sunday)? As of now I am running it twice a day daily.

# Controls when the action will run.
on:
  schedule:
  - cron: "30 18 * * *"
  - cron: "30 22 * * *"

user_3266847 · Answer

In a single entry:

on:
  schedule:
    cron:
      - 30 18,22 * * 1-5

user_7195666 · Answer

on:
  schedule:
  - cron: "30 18 * * 1-5"
  - cron: "30 22 * * 1-5"