Cron Expression Parser
Parse cron expressions into human-readable descriptions and see the next scheduled execution times.
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Description
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Enter a cron expression to see the description.
Next 5 execution times
Enter a cron expression to see the description.
Minute
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Hour
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Day of month
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Month
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Day of week
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How It Works
Type a cron expression (five or six fields: minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week, and optionally seconds) into the field. The tool parses the expression, describes it in plain English, and calculates the next several scheduled run times based on the current UTC clock. Parsing runs entirely in the browser.
Use Cases
- Verifying a scheduled job expression before deploying it
- Understanding an inherited cron job at a glance
- Checking how often a task will run over the next week
- Debugging why a cron job fired at an unexpected time