Cron Expression Explainer: Paste a Cron, Get English

Ever stare at a cron expression and wonder what it means? Me too.

I built a tool that translates cron to plain English.

How it works

Paste any 5-field cron expression:

*/5 * * * *  →  Every 5 minutes
0 9 * * 1-5  →  At minute 0, past hour 9 AM, on Monday through Friday
0 0 1 * *    →  At midnight on day 1 of the month
30 4 * * 0   →  At minute 30, past hour 4 AM, on Sunday

Also shows:

• Each field broken out (minute, hour, day, month, weekday)
• Syntax reference table
• 8 clickable common expressions

Cron Expression Explainer

Related:

• Cron Builder — Visual cron expression builder
• Crontab Generator — Build cron schedules

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