Data utilities
Cron expression tester
Decode cron expressions, preview the exact windows they trigger, and grab scheduler-friendly snippets without touching production servers. Timezone controls ensure every preview matches the environment you care about.
Highlights
- Instantly list the next five run times with friendly GMT offsets
- Field-by-field hints explain ranges, steps, and weekday shortcuts
- Copy-ready snippets for crontab, Laravel scheduler, and CronJobs
Cron parameters
Set the expression, timezone, and reference moment to preview upcoming matches.
Spacing matters: cron expressions expect five fields (minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week). Shortcuts like @hourly are also supported.
Schedule summary
High-level overview of the parsed expression, frequency, and reference window.
Every day every 5 minutes.
Roughly every 5m (≈288 runs per day).
Reference window
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:24 GMT+0000
Hints
Quick reminders flagged from the current expression.
- Step values are active—verify they align with upstream batch windows.
Quick presets
Load a curated expression and immediately preview its cadence.
Next runs
Upcoming matches rendered with ISO strings and copy helpers for runbooks.
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:25 GMT+0000 (26 seconds from now)
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:30 GMT+0000 (5 minutes from now)
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:35 GMT+0000 (10 minutes from now)
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:40 GMT+0000 (15 minutes from now)
Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 22:45 GMT+0000 (20 minutes from now)
Field breakdown
Every cron field explained with inline descriptions for ranges, steps, and lists.
Minutes
*/5Every 5 minute
Hours
*Every hour
Day of month
*Every day of the month
Month
*All months
Day of week
*Every day of the week
Copy-ready snippets
Use the parsed expression inside crontab entries, Laravel scheduler, or Kubernetes CronJobs.
crontab entry
Paste into crontab -e with your preferred command path.
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/artisan schedule:run
Laravel scheduler
Attach this cron expression to a scheduled command.
$schedule->command('emails:send')->cron('*/5 * * * *');Kubernetes CronJob
Drop inside spec.schedule to mirror this cadence.
schedule: "*/5 * * * *"