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Cron Expression Parser

Parse and understand cron expressions. See human-readable descriptions and next scheduled run times.

Cron Expression
Enter a 5-field cron expression (minute hour day month weekday)
0
Minute
0-59
9
Hour
0-23
*
Day of Month
1-31
*
Month
1-12
1-5
Day of Week
0-7 (Sun=0/7)
Schedule

UTC schedule: minute 0; hour 9; day *; month *; weekday 1-5.

Common Presets
Next Runs (UTC)
9/7/20269:00:00 AM
9/8/20269:00:00 AM
9/9/20269:00:00 AM
9/10/20269:00:00 AM
9/11/20269:00:00 AM
Cron Syntax
* - Any value
*/n - Every n intervals
1,2,3 - List of values
1-5 - Range of values

What this tool does

Preview actual UTC dates for a five-field Unix cron schedule.

How to use it

Enter minute, hour, day-of-month, month and weekday fields. Review the next runs in UTC before configuring your scheduler.

Worked example

For 0 9 * * 1-5 after 2026-09-04 10:00 UTC, the next run is Monday 2026-09-07 09:00 UTC.

Limitations and checks

Supports numeric lists, ranges and steps, with 0 or 7 for Sunday. Restricted day-of-month and weekday fields use Unix OR semantics. No seconds, names, Quartz extensions or local daylight-saving rules. The search stops after eight years.

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