Cron

Cron-based automation schedule for use with Trigger.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
expression	str	Cron expression string (e.g., "0 * * * *").
timezone	Timezone = "UTC"	Timezone for the cron schedule (default "UTC"). One of the standard timezone values (e.g., "US/Eastern", "Europe/London"). Note that DST transitions may cause skipped or duplicated runs.

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Constructor

Signature

def Cron(
    expression: str,
    timezone: Timezone = "UTC"
) -> None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
expression	str	Cron expression string (e.g., "0 * * * *").
timezone	Timezone = "UTC"	Timezone for the cron schedule (default "UTC"). One of the standard timezone values (e.g., "US/Eastern", "Europe/London"). Note that DST transitions may cause skipped or duplicated runs.

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Methods

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timezone_expression()

@property
def timezone_expression(self) -> str: ...

Constructs the full cron expression string prefixed with the configured timezone identifier.

Returns

Type	Description
str	The cron expression formatted with the timezone prefix (e.g., 'CRON_TZ=UTC 0 * * * *').

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