CronParse

Cron Schedule Explainer

Enter a cron expression — get a plain-English description of the schedule.

Cron expression format

A standard cron expression has 5 fields: minute (0-59), hour (0-23), day of month (1-31), month (1-12), day of week (0-6, Sun=0). * means 'every', */5 means 'every 5th', 1-5 means 'range 1 through 5', 1,3,5 means 'specific values'. Example: '0 9 * * 1-5' = 9:00 AM on weekdays.

Common cron patterns

Every minute: '* * * * *'. Every hour: '0 * * * *'. Daily at midnight: '0 0 * * *'. Every Monday at 9 AM: '0 9 * * 1'. First of each month: '0 0 1 * *'. Every 15 minutes: '*/15 * * * *'. Weekdays at 6 PM: '0 18 * * 1-5'.

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CronParse

Cron Schedule Explainer

Enter a cron expression — get a plain-English description of the schedule.

Cron expression

Schedule

At every 5 minutes past every hour, on every day of every month, every day

Minute: every 5 minutes
Hour: every hour
Day of month: every day
Month: every month
Day of week: every day

What you entered

Expression: */5 * * * *

1
Minute field
*/5= every 5 minutes
2
Hour field
*= every hour
3
Day of month
*= every day
4
Month
*= every month
5
Day of week
*= every day

Result

Schedule: At every 5 minutes past every hour, on every day of every month, every day

The cron expression "*/5 * * * *" means: At every 5 minutes past every hour, on every day of every month, every day. Cron uses five fields — minute, hour, day-of-month, month, and day-of-week — where * means "every" and */N means "every Nth."}