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Cron expression explainer

What a cron expression means and its next run times.

Cron expression explainer
minutehourday of monthmonthday of week

At minute 0, 15, 30 and 45 past hour 9 through 17, on Monday through Friday

Next runs, in Europe/Berlin:
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 09:00 AM
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 09:15 AM
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 09:30 AM
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 09:45 AM
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM
  • Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 10:15 AM

Standard five-field cron. Where both day of month and day of week are set, a day matching either runs. Names like jan and mon work. The server’s time zone decides what “9” means when the job really runs, which may not be yours.

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