What are the five fields?

Minute, hour, day of month, month and day of week. An asterisk means every value for that field.

How are day of month and day of week combined?

If both are restricted, cron fires when either matches. If one is an asterisk, only the other is applied, matching standard cron behaviour.

Which time zone is used?

Your browser's local time zone, so the times match what you would expect on your own machine.

Developer Tools

Cron Next-Run Visualizer

See the next run times for a cron expression in plain dates.

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Schedule preview workspace

Preview the next five runs of a five-field cron expression

Explore common schedules, ranges, lists and step values in your browser's local time zone before adding them to a scheduler.

0 9 * * 1-5

expression

next runs

Browser local

time zone

Cron schedule

minute hour day month weekday

Cron expression (minute hour day month weekday)

Next five runs

Local time

Tue 2026-10-06 09:00
Wed 2026-10-07 09:00
Thu 2026-10-08 09:00
Fri 2026-10-09 09:00
Mon 2026-10-12 09:00

Times are shown in your local time zone. Supports ranges (1-5), lists (1,3,5) and steps (*/15).

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About the Cron Next-Run Visualizer

A cron expression is compact but hard to read. The quickest way to check it is to see the actual times it will fire.

This tool takes a five-field cron expression and lists the next five run times as readable dates in your local time zone.

It supports ranges, lists and step values, with handy presets to start from.

Key features

Next five run times as dates
Supports ranges, lists and steps
Common presets
Local time zone output

How to use

1Enter a cron expression, or pick a preset.
2Read the next five run times.
3Review the next run times in your local time zone before using the expression.

Examples

Weekdays at 9am

Input: 0 9 * * 1-5

Lists the next five weekday mornings at 09:00.

Frequently asked questions

What are the five fields?: Minute, hour, day of month, month and day of week. An asterisk means every value for that field.
How are day of month and day of week combined?: If both are restricted, cron fires when either matches. If one is an asterisk, only the other is applied, matching standard cron behaviour.
Which time zone is used?: Your browser's local time zone, so the times match what you would expect on your own machine.

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