Cron Expression Editor
Parse and build cron expressions with human-readable descriptions, next execution times and shortcuts for common schedules.
Next executions
Common expressions
Reference
Special characters
| * | Any value |
| */n | Every n units |
| n,m | Value list |
| n-m | Range from n to m |
| n-m/p | Range with step p |
Days of the week
| 0, 7 | Domingo |
| 1 | Segunda-feira |
| 2 | Terça-feira |
| 3 | Quarta-feira |
| 4 | Quinta-feira |
| 5 | Sexta-feira |
| 6 | Sábado |
*,
o cron executa se qualquer um dos dois condições for satisfeita (lógica OR).
Interpret and build cron expressions
The five fields of a cron expression give you a lot of control over scheduling, yet nobody reads that off the bat. The tool goes both ways: it translates an expression that already exists into plain English and also builds a new one from what you want to schedule.
It doesn't stop at explaining what the expression does. It lists the next runs with real dates and times and throws in shortcuts for the most frequent schedules. So you avoid the classic trap of pushing a cron live and finding out days later that it fires at the wrong moment.
The reading happens right there in the browser, on the spot. Good company for setting up crontabs, CI schedulers or any cron-based system without memorising the field order.
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