What do the 5 cron fields mean?

From left to right: minute (0–59), hour (0–23), day of month (1–31), month (1–12), day of week (0–6, where 0=Sunday). An asterisk (*) means 'every'.

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Cron Builder

Build cron expressions with presets and human-readable descriptions.

Cron expression

Minute

Hour

Day

Month

Weekday

1-5

at minute 0, at 9:00, on Monday to Friday

Common presets

Reading Cron Expressions

0 0 * * * means 'at minute 0 of hour 0 every day' — midnight. */15 * * * * means 'every 15 minutes'. 0 9 * * 1 means 'every Monday at 09:00'. The pattern becomes intuitive once you know the field order.

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