Cron Expression Explainer

Turn a cron expression into plain English and see the next times it will run, in any time zone.

Paste a cron expression to read what it means and when it fires next. Standard five-field expressions (minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week) are supported, as are six-field ones with a leading seconds field, @daily-style shortcuts, month and weekday names, ranges, lists and steps. The next runs are calculated on the wall clock of the time zone you pick, so daylight saving changes are respected. When both day of month and day of week are set, the job runs when either one matches, as in Vixie cron. Nothing is sent to a server.

Paste a cron expression to read it in plain English and see when it runs next.

Expression

Cron

Five fields (minute hour day month weekday) or six with a leading seconds field. Month and weekday names, @daily-style shortcuts, ranges, lists and steps work.

Meaning

Next runs