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Unfortunately the crontab englishfier doesn't do a great job of describing it,

https://crontab.guru/#0_0_*/100,1-7_*_MON

This is a nice hack, but readability has gone out the window and it's really just much safer to fail early in the job itself.

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> At 00:00 on every 100th day-of-month and every day-of-month from 1 through 7 if it's on Monday.

I guess I’m confused. Isn’t that exactly correct?

It reads like the “if” clause only pertains to the second “every”, but it also applies to the first. In this instance it doesn’t make a real difference, but presumably the Englishfier doesn’t know that.

It is correct, but a lot wordier than "At midnight on the first Monday of every month."

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