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Cron Viewer - view any cron expression on a calendar

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About this tool

Paste any cron expression and CronTool shows the next scheduled runs on a real calendar. Visual is faster than mental math: spotting an unintended weekend fire, a missing weekday, or an end-of-month gap takes seconds, not the trial-and-error of grepping logs after the fact.
The viewer accepts standard 5-field crontab syntax plus 6- and 7-field extended cron used by AWS EventBridge, Vercel cron jobs, Quartz Scheduler and most major libraries. Toggle the extended-cron switch in the top bar to enable seconds, year, and the L/W/#/? modifiers.

What the cron viewer shows

  • Real calendar - month view with each scheduled run as a dot.
  • Next runs - the next 30+ matches in your local timezone.
  • English description - single-sentence summary of the schedule.
  • Field breakdown - what each cron field means.
  • Validation - invalid fields highlighted with the parser error.

Why a calendar view beats a list of next runs

Most cron tools dump a vertical list of timestamps. That works for fast-firing schedules but hides patterns in slower ones. A monthly cron showing 12 entries in a flat list looks fine - but on a calendar you immediately see the dates form a column, row, or scatter pattern that may or may not match your intent. CronTool always renders a calendar; the list is secondary.

For multi-cron viewing - a real crontab with many entries - the calendar advantage compounds. Use the multi-cron visualizer to see overlap, bunching and gaps at a glance.

Cron viewer in your toolkit

  • The cron builder is for composing a new cron from scratch.
  • The cron reader / translator turns the cron string into English.
  • The cron debugger surfaces validation errors and dialect mismatches.
  • The cron viewer on this page is the visual layer that ties them all together.

Examples

  • 0 18 * * *
    Every day at 18:00
  • 0 */5 * * *
    Every 5 hours
  • 0 18 * * 1-5
    Weekdays at 18:00
  • 0 0 1 * *
    Once a month, on the 1st at midnight

Cheatsheet

Full cheatsheet
FieldReq.RangeWildcards
minuteyes0-59, - * /
houryes0-23, - * /
day of monthyes1-31, - * /
monthyes1-12 or JAN-DEC, - * /
day of weekyes0-6 or names; some dialects use 0-7 or 1-7 — see Dialects, - * /

Frequently asked questions

Timing

How do I view a cron expression on a calendar?

Paste the cron above. Desktop shows a month grid; mobile shows an agenda capped at 30 runs from the visible month. Use Prev, Today, and Next to navigate, and the timezone picker to change zones.

Can I view multiple cron jobs on one calendar?

Yes. The multi-cron visualizer overlays color-coded schedules for the visible month and automatically lists up to five expression pairs that fire in the same minute.

Multi-cron visualizer
How do the desktop and mobile cron views differ?

Desktop uses a month grid, while mobile uses a chronological agenda capped at 30 runs from the visible month. The separate Next runs block always shows five timestamps.

What does the multi-cron viewer report below the calendar?

It lists up to five source pairs that fire in the same minute, with a sample time and monthly count. Capped month calculations are labeled as lower bounds.

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Can the calendar show top-of-hour load bunching?

Yes. Multiple 0 * * * * schedules stack at each hour boundary, making a thundering-herd pattern visible; stagger fixed minutes or use Jenkins H where supported. Expression: 0 * * * *

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Cron anti-patterns

Days and months

How does the viewer show months without day 31?

0 0 31 * * appears only in months containing a 31st. The calendar exposes the missing February, April, June, September, and November runs. Expression: 0 0 31 * *

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Month-length rules
How does the viewer distinguish “never” from no capped result?

It labels “never” only when the fixed day/month check proves impossibility, as with 0 0 30 2 *. An empty result from the matcher's iteration cap does not receive that label. Expression: 0 0 30 2 *

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Which plotted pattern exposes Vixie day-field OR?

The plot shows both weekly and monthly runs. 0 9 1 * 1 appears on every Monday plus every first day of the month under Vixie semantics. Expression: 0 9 1 * 1

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Day-field rules
Which calendar pattern exposes a resetting day step?

0 0 */7 * * plots dates 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, then restarts at 1 next month. The calendar shows why this is not continuous weekly timing. Expression: 0 0 */7 * *

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Step operator details

Timezones and DST

Can I view runs in a different timezone?

Yes. Open the timezone picker, search for an IANA zone, and select it. CronTool updates the five-run list and calendar and stores the selection; the URL gains tz= when you pick a zone.

Timezone reference
Can the calendar help inspect daylight-saving behavior?

Yes. Select the intended timezone and inspect a fixed 01:00-03:00 schedule near a transition; a local time may be missing in spring or repeated in autumn. Expression: 30 2 * * *

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DST behavior

Platforms

Does the cron viewer handle AWS, Vercel and Quartz syntax?

It previews many five-, six-, and seven-field expressions, but Extended mode must be selected manually when editing and is not a dialect validator. Use the dialect matrix and verify with AWS, Vercel, or Quartz.

Dialect matrix
Can I view an nth weekday in Extended mode?

Yes. 0 0 9 ? * MON#2 plots 09:00:00 on the second Monday of each month in a Quartz-style extended dialect. Expression: 0 0 9 ? * MON#2

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Nth weekday rule

Debugging

How do I share a cron calendar view?

Send /?cron=<expression> and include mode=extended when needed. Add tz=<IANA zone> to preserve the viewed timezone because Copy link omits it.

Does the viewer show actual command executions?

No. It projects expected schedule matches and cannot see server PATH, environment, permissions, logs, process overlap, or missed executions; it never runs commands.

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