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Cron expression explainer

Turn a 5-field cron into plain English and see its next run times — parsed live on your device.

At 09:00, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Next runs (your local time)

  • Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Thu, Sep 17, 2026, 09:00 AM

Standard 5-field cron with *, */n, ranges a-b and lists a,b,c. When both day-of-month and day-of-week are set, cron runs when either matches. Parsed in your browser.

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How to use the Cron Expression Explainer

  1. Paste a 5-field cron expression, or pick a preset.
  2. Read the plain-English description.
  3. Check the next run times in your timezone.

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Cron, in plain English

Cron expressions are famously easy to misread. Paste one and this spells out exactly when it runs — “At 09:00, on Monday to Friday” — and lists the next several run times in your local timezone so you can sanity-check it before it goes live. It supports the full 5-field syntax: wildcards, step values, ranges and lists.

When both day-of-month and day-of-week are restricted, cron fires when either matches, and the next-run calculation follows that rule. Everything is parsed in your browser. To schedule real work, note this explains cron — it doesn’t run it.

Frequently asked questions

What cron format does it use?

The standard 5-field crontab format: minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week. It supports *, step values (*/n), ranges (a-b) and lists (a,b,c).

How are day-of-month and day-of-week combined?

Per the cron standard, when both are restricted the job runs when EITHER matches — the tool computes the next run times with exactly that rule.

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  • No upload, ever. Turn off Wi-Fi after the page loads and every tool keeps working.
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  • Runs on your CPU. Batches use several cores in parallel; nothing is throttled.

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