:-) Sunday | 0 -> Sun
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Monday | 1 -> Mon
Tuesday | 2 -> Tue
Wednesday | 3 -> Wed
Thursday | 4 -> Thu
Friday | 5 -> Fri
Saturday | 6 -> Sat
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:-) Sunday | 7 -> Sun
As you can see above, and as said before, the numbers 0 and 7 are both assigned to Sunday. There are also the English abbreviated days of the week listed, which can also be used in the crontab.
Examples of Number or Abbreviation Use
15 09 * * 5,6,0 command
15 09 * * 5,6,7 command
15 09 * * 5-7 command
15 09 * * Fri,Sat,Sun command
The four examples do all the same and execute a command every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 9.15 o'clock.
In Detail
Having two numbers 0 and 7 for Sunday can be useful for writing weekday ranges starting with 0 or ending with 7. So you can write ranges starting with Sunday or ending with it, like 0-2 or 5-7 for example (ranges must start with the lower number and must end with the higher). The abbreviations cannot be used to define a weekday range.