Xerobit

Cron Expression Examples

Ready-made cron expressions for the schedules people use most, each with a field-by-field explanation and copy-ready syntax for crontab, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, systemd and AWS.

Common cron schedules

How a cron expression is read

FieldAllowed values
Minute0 to 59
Hour0 to 23
Day of month1 to 31
Month1 to 12
Day of week0 to 6 (0 and 7 are Sunday)

An asterisk means every value, */5 means every fifth value, 1-5 is a range and 1,15 is a list.

Build your own

For a schedule that is not listed, use the cron builder. It turns plain choices into an expression and shows what the expression means.