Cron Expression Generator
Paste or build a standard 5-field cron expression (minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week) to get a plain-English description and a preview of its next 5 run times — useful for double-checking a crontab or CI schedule before it goes live.
At 09:00, on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Next 5 runs
How to use
- Type a cron expression, or click a common preset to start from.
- The description below updates instantly, along with the next 5 times it would run from now.
FAQ
What does it mean when both day-of-month and day-of-week are set?
Standard cron treats this as OR, not AND: the job runs when either field matches — a well-known quirk of the format, carried over here intentionally rather than "fixed", since it matches how real cron daemons behave.
Does it support seconds or year fields?
No — only the standard 5-field Unix cron format (minute through day-of-week). Extended 6/7-field variants used by some schedulers aren't supported.
What timezone are the next-run times shown in?
Your browser's local timezone — the same timezone your system clock uses.