Free multi-flavor cron explainer
Paste a cron expression → plain English, next run times (timezone aware), and exports for Unix, Quartz, GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes CronJob YAML. Fast, private, no signup.
Cron explainer
Paste a cron → plain English + next runs. Everything stays in your browser.
5-field: min hour dom month dow
Plain English
Every 5 minutes, every hour, every day
Next 5 runs (UTC)
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 14:45:00 UTC2026-09-14T14:45:00.000Z
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 14:50:00 UTC2026-09-14T14:50:00.000Z
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 14:55:00 UTC2026-09-14T14:55:00.000Z
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 15:00:00 UTC2026-09-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 15:05:00 UTC2026-09-14T15:05:00.000Z
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