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Cron Expression Parser

Paste any cron expression and instantly see a plain-English description plus the next scheduled run times. Supports standard 5-field cron syntax used by Kubernetes CronJobs, GitHub Actions, and Unix cron. Runs in your browser.

min (0-59)hour (0-23)dom (1-31)month (1-12)dow (0-7)

Description

Runs every 6 hours, every day

Next 5 runs (your local time)

1

8/28/2026, 6:00:00 PM

2026-08-28T18:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1787940000

2

8/29/2026, 12:00:00 AM

2026-08-29T00:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1787961600

3

8/29/2026, 6:00:00 AM

2026-08-29T06:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1787983200

4

8/29/2026, 12:00:00 PM

2026-08-29T12:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1788004800

5

8/29/2026, 6:00:00 PM

2026-08-29T18:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1788026400

Common uses in DevOps

  • → Kubernetes CronJob schedules use standard 5-field cron syntax
  • → GitHub Actions schedule.cron triggers use the same format
  • → AWS EventBridge (CloudWatch Events) rate/cron expressions follow a similar pattern
  • → OpsCanary runs its RSS crawl nightly at 30 0 * * * and catalog crawl at 0 2 * * 0

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