Schedule Trigger always returns "Invalid cron expression"

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Describe the problem/error/question

Y want to set a flow that runs every week day at 14 hours.

I am using0 14 * * 1-5 from crontab.guru but the node keeps saying it is incorrect

What is the error message (if any)?

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Please share your workflow

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.38.2
  • Database (default: SQLite): default
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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updated.

Also I let n8n to 1.38.2 update. same Problem.

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works for me. v 1.37.3

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So the problem was that the Timezone was not correctly set. Here the error was not visible, but using non-cron-job configs showed a Timezone error.

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