Set Cron in Azure that runs from a particular time every 5 minutes

Question

Is it possible to run a timer trigger function 5 mins starting from a particular time and date.

I want the timer trigger function to run from for eg 7 Aug 2023 from 12:00 am at every five mins.

Eg 0 0 0,23 7 Aug

This run 7 Aug only. But I want the Cron to start running from 7 Aug 2023 every 5 mins from 12:00 AM

Answer 1

You can use the below CRON expression, which will trigger from 7th-31st August every day for every 5 minutes starting at 12:00AM

  0 */5 * 7-31 8 * OR  0 */5 0-23 7-31 8 *

Also, you can make use this NCRON expression generator to review/evaluate your CRON expression.

For more information, refer to this NCRONTAB expression on how to built a CORN expression from function app.