Tools / Cron Parser
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
10/17/2026, 6:00:00 PM
2026-10-17T18:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1792260000
2
10/18/2026, 12:00:00 AM
2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1792281600
3
10/18/2026, 6:00:00 AM
2026-10-18T06:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1792303200
4
10/18/2026, 12:00:00 PM
2026-10-18T12:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1792324800
5
10/18/2026, 6:00:00 PM
2026-10-18T18:00:00.000Z · Unix: 1792346400
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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