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Cron Explainer

Paste any 5- or 6-field cron expression to see a human-readable description plus the next upcoming run times. Great for double-checking CI jobs, backups, and scheduled tasks before they go to production.

Features

Frequently Asked Questions

Which cron syntaxes are supported?
Standard 5-field Unix cron plus the 6-field form with seconds. Step values, ranges, lists, and wildcards are handled.
Does it show the next run times?
Yes. A preview of the upcoming executions is computed so you can sanity-check the interval at a glance.
Where does the explanation come from?
We use the cronstrue library, which powers tools like Jenkins and Hangfire, so descriptions match industry-standard wording.