Cron Expression Parser
Enter a cron expression to get a human-readable description and see the next scheduled run times. Supports standard 5-field cron syntax and special strings like @daily, @hourly, and @weekly. Choose a timezone to see run times in your local time.
Standard 5-field cron or @daily, @hourly, etc.
advanced options
Number of upcoming run times to show
e.g. Europe/Zurich, America/New_York
returns
- data.next_runs
- Upcoming run times in ISO 8601, five by default.
- data.human_readable
- Plain English version, like Every 5 minutes.
- data.fields
- The expression split into minute, hour, day, month and weekday.
- data.timezone
- Timezone used for next_runs.
Run it from your code
A temporary key takes one request and lasts seven days at 20 calls a day. Register and it becomes 75 a day, still free.
$ curl -s "https://apixies.io/api/v1/parse-cron?expression=..." \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIXIES_KEY" | jq '.data.next_runs'
questions
What cron format is supported?
Standard 5-field cron expressions (minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week). Extended 6-field formats with seconds are not supported. Special strings like @daily and @hourly work too.
Can I use day names like MON-FRI?
Yes. You can use three-letter day abbreviations (SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT) or numeric values (0-7, where both 0 and 7 are Sunday).
How do timezones affect the results?
The next run times are calculated in the timezone you specify. The default is UTC. Use standard timezone names like America/New_York or Europe/Zurich.