Cron Expression Explainer
Paste a Unix cron expression (minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week) to get a plain-English description and its next 5 run times — computed live in your browser.
Type or pick an example — the description and upcoming run times update as you type.
MIN
HOUR
DAY
MONTH
DOW
Next 5 runs (your device's local time)
Field reference
| Field | Allowed values |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0–59 |
| Hour | 0–23 |
| Day of month | 1–31 |
| Month | 1–12 or JAN–DEC |
| Day of week | 0–7 (0 and 7 = Sunday) or SUN–SAT |
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
* | Any value |
, | Value list separator |
- | Range of values |
/ | Step values |
Unix cron only, 5 fields
This explainer parses the standard 5-field Unix cron format. Need to translate to Quartz, AWS EventBridge, or another scheduler's syntax instead? Use the dialect translators.