Spring scheduler cron expression not working - java

We are use spring scheduler with following setting but wondering why its not working for us?
Our expectation is it should execute every day at 2 AM, Is anything wrong with that?
<task:scheduled ref="invoiceScheduler" method="updateInvoiceStatusToOverDue" cron="0 0 2 * * ?" />
Thanks in Advance.


This cron works for my SpringBoot application:
#Scheduled(cron = "0 0 2 1/1 * *")
Btw, what "doesn't work"? Could you please elaborate?


The following task is being scheduled to run 10 minutes past each hour but only during the 8-to-5 "business hours" on weekdays.
scheduler.schedule(task, new CronTrigger("0 10 8-17 * * MON-FRI"));
Could you please try this:
scheduler.schedule(task, new CronTrigger("0 1 2 * * MON-FRI"));
OR
scheduler.schedule(task, new CronTrigger("0 1 2 * * *"));


"0 0 2 * * *" instead of "0 0 2 * * ?" helped us to achieve scheduler to invoke every day at 2 AM. Thanks everyone for finding time and helping me.

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I have a method that I want spring to schedule - for that matter I'm using the #Scheduled annotation - and to be more exact, I'm using a cron expression.
My cron expression is in a property file that is called scheduler.properties.
When I'm using it as a placeholder #Scheduled(cron="${cron}") - everything works great; but I want to use SpEL ( #Scheduled(cron="#{scheduler['cron']}") ) , and it does't work - throws the following exception:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: cron expression must consist of 6 fields (found 1 in #{scheduler['cron']})
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EDIT:
Here is my cron expression from the properties file: cron=0 0/1 * * * ?
Here is the stack trace that I get:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: cron expression must consist of 6 fields (found 1 in #{scheduler['cron']})
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.CronSequenceGenerator.parse(CronSequenceGenerator.java:233)
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.CronSequenceGenerator.<init>(CronSequenceGenerator.java:81)
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.CronTrigger.<init>(CronTrigger.java:54)
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.CronTrigger.<init>(CronTrigger.java:44)
at org.springframework.scheduling.config.ScheduledTaskRegistrar.afterPropertiesSet(ScheduledTaskRegistrar.java:188)
at org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.onApplicationEvent(ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:209)
at org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.onApplicationEvent(ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:1)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:97)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:324)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:929)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:384)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:111)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4723)
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at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5221)
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at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
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at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
SECOND EDIT:
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According to the error message, the value of the cron expression in your properties file is incorrect.
It does not conform to the expected syntax.
The value should contain six fields and look something like this.
* 10 * * * *
Here's the code that throws this exception
/**
* Parse the given pattern expression.
*/
private void parse(String expression) throws IllegalArgumentException {
String[] fields = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(expression, " ");
if (fields.length != 6) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(""
+ "cron expression must consist of 6 fields (found %d in %s)", fields.length, expression));
}
It may not be possible to externalize cron configuration using spEL in an Annotation.
The alternatives are to use XML or use the cron expression.
http://forum.springsource.org/showthread.php?91203-Scheduled-and-externalization-of-configuration-for-fixedDelay-and-fixedRate-problem

Always specify like this in property file: Notice the space in between frequency.
run refresh job every day a 9am
job.cron.rate=0 0 9 * * *
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* "0 0 * * * *" = the top of every hour of every day.
* "*/10 * * * * *" = every ten seconds.
* "0 0 8-10 * * *" = 8, 9 and 10 o'clock of every day.
* "0 0/30 8-10 * * *" = 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30 and 10 o'clock every day.
* "0 0 9-17 * * MON-FRI" = on the hour nine-to-five weekdays
* "0 0 0 25 12 ?" = every Christmas Day at midnight
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public void perform() throws InterruptedException {
}

I had a similar issue and resolved it by reading property file with context:property-placeholder
<util:properties id="applicationProps" location="/WEB-INF/classes/properties/application.properties" />
**<context:property-placeholder properties-ref="applicationProps" />**
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It works. I spent days figuring out... but this indeed works.
You should set environment variable like you do for JAVA_HOME etc.
Close your IDE.
export cron_scheduler_expression="0 19 21 * * *"
Then restart your IDE, Eclipse or NetBeans whatever you are using.
#Scheduled(cron = "${cron_scheduler_expression}")
public void runSchedulerTask(){
}

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