Cron Expression Parser
Translate cron expressions into plain English and preview the next scheduled run times before you deploy.
Cron expression
Five fields: minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week. Shorthands like @daily also work.
Next runs
Computed in your local timezone. A server usually runs in UTC — check before relying on the times.
| Date and time | From now |
|---|---|
| Calculating… | |
Common schedules
Field reference
| Field | Range |
|---|---|
| Minute | 0–59 |
| Hour | 0–23 |
| Day of month | 1–31 |
| Month | 1–12 or JAN–DEC |
| Day of week | 0–6 or SUN–SAT |
0 0 1 * 1 fires on the 1st of the month and every Monday.About the cron expression parser
Paste a five-field cron expression to get a plain-English description of when it fires, plus a list of the next runs so you can sanity-check the schedule before it goes anywhere near a server. Each field is validated separately with a clear message when something is out of range, and a set of common presets covers the schedules most jobs actually need.
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, and it keeps working with no connection at all — including as an installed app.