Awesome Toolkit

Cron Expression Explainer

Parse any cron expression and get a plain-English explanation plus the next 5 scheduled run times.

How to use the Cron Explainer

  1. Type a cron expression in the field (5 space-separated fields) or click a preset.
  2. Click Explain to get a plain-English description and the next 5 scheduled run times.

Cron expression format

A standard cron expression has 5 fields: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week. Each field accepts a number, * (any), */n (every n), a range (e.g. 1-5), or a comma-separated list (e.g. 1,3,5). Days of the week run from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).