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Cron Expression Builder

Build and validate cron expressions with a visual editor and see next execution times

Cron Expression

Every minute

Minute

Hour

Day of Month

Month

Day of Week

Common Presets

Every Minute

For testing and high-frequency tasks

* * * * *

Hourly

At the start of every hour

0 * * * *

Daily at Midnight

Common for daily reports and cleanup

0 0 * * *

Weekdays at 9 AM

Business hours automation

0 9 * * 1-5

Weekly (Sunday)

Weekly maintenance tasks

0 0 * * 0

Monthly

First day of each month

0 0 1 * *

Every 15 Minutes

Frequent polling and checks

*/15 * * * *

Every 6 Hours

4 times per day

0 */6 * * *

Next Execution Times

Reference Timezone

Export Formats

GitHub Actions

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '* * * * *'
                    

Kubernetes CronJob

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
spec:
  schedule: "* * * * *"
                    

Linux Crontab

* * * * * /path/to/script.sh

Cron Syntax Reference

* * * * *

│ │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ └─── Day of week (0-7, 0 and 7 are Sunday)

│ │ │ └───── Month (1-12)

│ │ └─────── Day of month (1-31)

│ └───────── Hour (0-23)

└─────────── Minute (0-59)

Special Characters

*	Any value
,	Value list separator (1,3,5)
-	Range of values (1-5)
/	Step values (*/5)
L	Last (day of month)

Examples

0 0 * * *	Daily at midnight
/5 * * *	Every 5 minutes
0 9-17 * * 1-5	9am-5pm weekdays
0 0 1,15 * *	1st and 15th
0 2 * * 6	2am every Saturday