Cron Expression Generator

Build, validate, and understand cron expressions. Get a plain-English description plus the next 5 scheduled run times for any expression.

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Minute 0–59
Hour 0–23
Day 1–31
Month 1–12
Weekday 0=Sun
Presets:
Plain English
Every minute
Next 5 scheduled runs

    Cron Expression Syntax

    Field order

    ┌── minute       (0–59)
│ ┌── hour         (0–23)
│ │ ┌── day/month  (1–31)
│ │ │ ┌── month    (1–12)
│ │ │ │ ┌── day/week (0–6, Sun=0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

    Special characters

    • * — any value
    • */n — every n-th value
    • n-m — range from n to m
    • n,m — specific values
    • n-m/s — range with step

    Common examples

    • */5 * * * * — every 5 minutes
    • 0 0 * * * — daily at midnight
    • 0 9 * * 1-5 — weekdays at 9 AM
    • 0 0 1 * * — 1st of every month
    • 30 4 1,15 * * — 1st and 15th
    • 0 */2 * * * — every 2 hours

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