Cron expression `2 4 29 OCT *` runs at 04:02, on day 29 of the month, only in October

What this cron means, field by field

Each field of 2 4 29 OCT * controls one dimension of the schedule. Hover over any value in the editor above to see its tooltip; the table below summarises the same information.

Field	Value	Means	Range / hint
minute	`2`	at minute 2	0-59. The minute(s) of the hour the job will fire.
hour	`4`	at hour 4	0-23. The hour(s) of the day the job will fire (0 = midnight, 23 = 11 PM).
day of month	`29`	at day of month 29	1-31. The day(s) of the month. Use * if you want every day.
month	`OCT`	at month OCT	1-12 or JAN-DEC. The month(s). Use * for every month.
day of week	`*`	every value (wildcard)	0-7 or SUN-SAT (0 and 7 both mean Sunday). Use * for every day of the week.

Next 5 runs

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Next runs · UTC

Thu 29 Oct · 04:02in 42d 15h
Fri 29 Oct · 04:02
Sun 29 Oct · 04:02
Mon 29 Oct · 04:02
Tue 29 Oct · 04:02

Similar cron expressions

Common variations and tweaks of 2 4 29 OCT *.

2 4 29 OCT 1-5At 04:02, on day 29 of the month, Monday through Friday, only in October

Where else this cron could be used

The same expression 2 4 29 OCT * works in:

Standard Unix crontab (5-field syntax).
AWS EventBridge / Lambda Scheduled (with a 6th field for year, often *).
Vercel cron jobs (declared in vercel.json).
Quartz Scheduler and node-cron, robfig/cron and similar libraries.

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

Field	Req.	Range	Wildcards
minute	yes	0-59	, - * /
hour	yes	0-23	, - * /
day of month	yes	1-31	, - * /
month	yes	1-12 or JAN-DEC	, - * /
day of week	yes	0-6 or names; some dialects use 0-7 or 1-7 — see Dialects	, - * /

Frequently asked questions

What does the cron expression `2 4 29 OCT *` mean?

at 04:02, on day 29 of the month, only in October.

When does `2 4 29 OCT *` run next?

The next runs (UTC): 2026-10-29 04:02; 2027-10-29 04:02; 2028-10-29 04:02; 2029-10-29 04:02; 2030-10-29 04:02.

Is `2 4 29 OCT *` a valid cron expression?

Yes - CronTool's parser accepts this expression and the calendar projects future runs successfully.