How to schedule a biweekly cronjob?

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Published on 2012-07-03T14:37:40Z Indexed on 2012/07/03 15:17 UTC
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crontab(5) defines the following fields:

       field         allowed values
       -----         --------------
       minute        0-59
       hour          0-23
       day of month  1-31
       month         1-12 (or names, see below)
       day of week   0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)

and explains:

 Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges.  Following a range
 with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the number's value through the
 range.  For example, ``0-23/2'' can be used in the hours field to specify
 command execution every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard is
 ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22'').

So, no biweekly Jobs, as far as my understanding goes. I'm quite sure there are workarounds, what are yours? Or did I miss something?

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