Cron Expression Generator
Translate a cron schedule into plain English and see its next run times.
Field breakdown
| Field | Value | Means |
|---|
Next 10 runs
minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week — for example 30 2 * * 1 is 02:30 every Monday. Times are shown in your own time zone; your server may use UTC.About the Cron Expression Generator
Paste a five-field cron line and get a sentence describing when it runs, a breakdown of each field, and the next ten times it will fire in your own time zone. Invalid fields are named specifically instead of a generic error.
Preset buttons cover the schedules people actually use — hourly, every fifteen minutes, weekdays at nine, monthly on the first.
Frequently asked questions
What does 0 9 * * 1-5 mean?
09:00 every Monday to Friday.
Why does my cron job run at the wrong time?
Servers usually run on UTC while you think in local time. Convert your intended time to the server's zone before writing the expression.
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