Cron Parser
Parse and visualize any cron expression with a human-readable explanation and upcoming run times.
Free & unlimited
Cron expression
*/5
Minute
*
Hour
*
Day of month
*
Month
*
Day of week
Quick presets
Every 5 minutes
Field breakdown
Minute
*/5
0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25… (12 values)
Hour
*
every value (0–23)
Day of month
*
every value (1–31)
Month
*
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Day of week
*
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Upcoming runs
Show
| # | When | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/10/2026, 6:25:00 PM | in < 1 min |
| 2 | 5/10/2026, 6:30:00 PM | in 6 min |
| 3 | 5/10/2026, 6:35:00 PM | in 11 min |
| 4 | 5/10/2026, 6:40:00 PM | in 16 min |
| 5 | 5/10/2026, 6:45:00 PM | in 21 min |
| 6 | 5/10/2026, 6:50:00 PM | in 26 min |
| 7 | 5/10/2026, 6:55:00 PM | in 31 min |
| 8 | 5/10/2026, 7:00:00 PM | in 36 min |
| 9 | 5/10/2026, 7:05:00 PM | in 41 min |
| 10 | 5/10/2026, 7:10:00 PM | in 46 min |
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About this tool
- 1
Enter cron expression
Type a cron expression (e.g., "0 9 * * 1-5").
- 2
See human-readable description
The tool explains what the expression means in plain English.
- 3
View next run times
See when the cron job will next execute.
- Standard cron has 5 fields: minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week.
- Use * for "every", */5 for "every 5th", 1-5 for ranges, 1,3,5 for lists.
- "0 9 * * 1-5" means "at 9:00 AM, Monday through Friday".
- Some systems support a 6th field (seconds) or 7th field (year).
- Plain English explanation
- Next run times
- Expression builder
- Common presets
- Build cron schedules for CI/CD pipelines.
- Verify that a cron expression runs when expected.
- Debug scheduled tasks that aren't firing correctly.