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Cron Explainer

Translate cron expressions into plain English and see exactly when the next 5 runs will fire in your local timezone. Supports standard 5-field cron and 6-field Quartz-style cron with seconds. Uses cronstrue for the English translation and cron-parser for next-run calculation. Helpful example shortcuts are built in.

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Plain English
Every 5 minutes
Next 5 runs (local time)
  • Mon Apr 20 2026 23:05:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
  • Mon Apr 20 2026 23:10:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
  • Mon Apr 20 2026 23:15:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
  • Mon Apr 20 2026 23:20:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
  • Mon Apr 20 2026 23:25:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

About Cron Explainer

Paste any cron expression and get a plain-English translation plus the next 5 scheduled run times. Supports 5-field and 6-field (seconds) cron. This tool runs entirely in your browser — no data is sent to any server. Your content stays private and secure. MarkdownMe provides free, fast, and reliable Markdown tools for developers, writers, and anyone who works with Markdown.