
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 Full toolkit (280+ tools): devtools-site-delta.vercel.app
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