Cron Explainer

Paste a cron expression and get a plain-English explanation

Paste a cron expression

Syntax cheat sheet

*every value
5exactly at value 5
1,15values 1 and 15
9-17range: 9 through 17
*/10every 10th value
8-18/2every 2nd value, 8–18
0 = Sundayday-of-week (7 = Sun too)
min h dom mon dowfield order, left to right

Note: when both day-of-month and day-of-week are restricted, standard cron runs when either matches (OR logic). Paste a 6-field expression (seconds first, Quartz-style) and the seconds field is detected automatically.

More tools

Need to compose a schedule from scratch? Use the visual Cron Builder, or browse the cron FAQ for the basics of cron jobs and crontab.