Cron Expression Generator
Create a cron schedule from its five fields, or paste an existing expression to see what it means in plain English. The tool lists the next run times, in your time zone or UTC, and gives you a crontab line to copy.
0-59
0-23
1-31
1-12 or JAN-DEC
0-6 or SUN-SAT
Meaning
Every 15 minutes from 9:00 AM through 5:59 PM, on Monday through Friday
Next 8 runs (your time zone)
Calculating…
*/15 9-17 * * 1-5 /path/to/commandHow to use it
- Choose a preset, type the expression, or fill in the five fields: minute, hour, day of month, month and day of week.
- Read the plain-English meaning and check the next run times to be sure the schedule does what you expect.
- Copy the crontab line and replace /path/to/command with your command.
Frequently asked questions
What do the five cron fields mean?
From left to right: minute (0-59), hour (0-23), day of month (1-31), month (1-12 or JAN-DEC) and day of week (0-6 or SUN-SAT, where 0 and 7 are both Sunday).
What do *, comma, dash and slash mean?
* means every value. A comma lists values (1,15), a dash is a range (9-17) and a slash is a step (*/10 means every 10).
What happens when both day of month and day of week are set?
In standard cron the job runs when either field matches. For example, 0 0 13 * 5 runs on the 13th of every month and also on every Friday.
Which time zone does cron use?
The time zone of the machine or service that runs it, which is often UTC on servers and cloud schedulers. Use the UTC switch to see the times in UTC.
Does this support seconds or Quartz and AWS formats?
No. This tool is for the standard five-field format used by Linux crontab. Quartz, Spring and AWS EventBridge use extra fields or different symbols.
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