Cron Expression Parser & Run-Time Preview

Enter a crontab expression and a starting time. This previews a schedule; it does not register or run a job.

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Cron schedule

This tool supports standard five-field crontab syntax: wildcards, lists, ranges, steps, and month/day names. It does not execute or register jobs.

Field explanation
  • Enter an expression to see a field-by-field explanation.

Next occurrences
  • Preview the next scheduled run times after validating an expression.

Read cron timing before it runs in production

Use the preview to catch range, step, and weekday mistakes. When both day-of-month and day-of-week are restricted, the preview follows common crontab OR semantics.

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