How to schedule job in cron.xml in GAE such that job runs every 5 hours after 6:00 am only on Saturday

Question

I want to schedule a job in GAE using cron.xml. My requirement is something like this: Every 5 hours from 6:00 am on Saturday.

Answer 1

The Schedule format doesn't support such schedule specification.

But you can use a schedule which contains part of your specification and complete the rest inside the scheduled job itself.

For example, you can use a cron schedule like every 5 hours from 6:00 to 0:00 and inside the scheduled job 1st thing you do is check today's day and exit if it's not Saturday.