Cron Next Runs

How to use

1. Type a cron expression. The default `0 9 * * 1-5` means 9 AM on weekdays.
2. Optionally set a different start time — useful for back-calculating from a past anchor or projecting from a future date.
3. Pick how many upcoming runs to list (up to 50).

Frequently asked questions

Is `1 * * * *` once a day or once an hour?

Once an hour, at minute 1 of every hour. The first field is the minute — a literal value means "only when the clock reaches this value", and the other fields default to `*` (any). To run once a day at 1 AM, you'd write `0 1 * * *`.

What's the deal with day-of-month vs weekday?

When both fields are something other than `*`, cron treats them as OR: the job runs if either condition matches. `0 0 1 * 1` fires on the 1st of every month and on every Monday. If you want AND, you have to enforce it inside the job itself.

Does this support 6-field (with seconds) or quartz cron?

Not yet — this is plain Unix cron, 5 fields starting from the minute. Quartz introduces a seconds field and additional features like `L`, `W`, and `#`.

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