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Cron expression explainer

Read cron schedules in English or Chinese.

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Result

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Worked example

In Unix mode, */5 * * * * describes every five minutes. For Quartz try 0 0 9 ? * MON-FRI.

Method

cRonstrue uses the actual English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese locale implementations. Unix uses five fields and Sunday=0; Quartz uses six/seven fields and Sunday=1.

Limits

At most 500 characters. Supported @daily-style aliases expand to Unix expressions. Description only: no timezone resolution, next-run prediction, scheduler or task creation. Verify day-of-month/day-of-week behavior in your scheduler.

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