Instead of the first five fields, you can use any one of eight special strings. It will not just save your time but it will improve readability.
| Special string | Meaning |
| @reboot | Run once, at startup. |
| @yearly | Run once a year, “0 0 1 1 *”. |
| @annually | (same as @yearly) |
| @monthly | Run once a month, “0 0 1 * *”. |
| @weekly | Run once a week, “0 0 * * 0″. |
| @daily | Run once a day, “0 0 * * *”. |
| @midnight | (same as @daily) |
| @hourly | Run once an hour, “0 * * * *”. |