Jenkins Cron setup Explanation

Jenkins_cron.md

Jenkins will accept 5 parameter lets discuss one by one

* * * * * 

1. First parameter- specify minute and range will vary from 0-59

2. Second parameter- specify hours and range will vary from 0-11

3. Third parameter- specify day and range will vary from 0-7 here 0 and 7 will be Sunday

4. Fourth parameter- specify month and range will vary from 1-12

5. Fifth parameter- specify year so here you can specify *

Examples

1. If you specify 00 22 * * * it means your build will run daily @ 10 PM

2. If you specify 50 * * * * it means your build will run daily 50 min after every hour

3. If you specify 00 22 1 * * it means your build will run every Monday @ 10 PM

 ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
 │ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
 │ │ ┌───────────── day of month (1 - 31)
 │ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12)
 │ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday;
 │ │ │ │ │                                       7 is also Sunday on some systems)
 │ │ │ │ │
 │ │ │ │ │
 * * * * *  command to execute 

Reference link Cron Wiki