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Cron Expression Generator & Explainer

Build and explain cron expressions online. Read the schedule in plain English and see the next run times, with presets, ranges, steps and the L and # syntax.

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Cron expressionCommon schedules

Minute (0–59)Hour (0–23)Day of month (1–31)Month (1–12)Day of week (0–6, Sun–Sat)

Next runs

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Fields

Cron syntax

* any value · 5 one value · 1-5 range · 1,15 list · */10 every 10th · MON-FRI, JAN names · L last day of the month · 5L last Friday · 5#3 third Friday · @daily, @hourly, @weekly, @monthly, @yearly, @reboot. Six fields add seconds in front. When both day of month and day of week are set, a day matching either one runs the job.

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QUICK GUIDE

How to use this tool

Type an expression or pick a schedule; the fields below edit it part by part. Next runs use your browser time zone or UTC, while cron on a server uses the time zone of that server. Crontab has five fields; a sixth field in front means seconds (Quartz, node-cron, Spring).

Your input is processed locally. Use Copy or Download to keep your result.

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