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Cron expression explainer

Explain a 5-field cron (minute hour DOM month DOW) and show the next UTC run times. Handy for Linux timers and SaaS schedules.

Fields: minute (0–59) · hour (0–23) · day (1–31) · month (1–12) · weekday (0–6, Sun=0)

Summary

minute in [0, 15, 30, 45]; hour 9–17; every day-of-month; every month; weekday Mon–Fri

Next 5 runs (UTC)

  • 2026-08-03T16:00:00Z
  • 2026-08-03T16:15:00Z
  • 2026-08-03T16:30:00Z
  • 2026-08-03T16:45:00Z
  • 2026-08-03T17:00:00Z