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Cron schedules,in plain English.

Pick a preset or edit the five fields. We explain the schedule in plain English and show the next five times it will fire.

Start from a preset

minute0–59

hour0–23

day (month)1–31

month1–12

day (week)0–6, Sun=0

*/5 * * * *

Command (optional — builds a full crontab line)

Next 5 runs (your device time)

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cron generator ▸ explained

What you need
to know.

Build and explain cron expressions in plain English and preview the next run times.

Hosting with cron jobs

* * * * *

Five fields

Minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week — in that order.

*/5

Steps

*/5 in the minute field means every 5 minutes. 9-18 is a range; 1,15 is a list.

cPanel

Where to use it

Paste the expression into cPanel → Cron Jobs, crontab -e on a VPS, or your WHMCS cron setup.

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faq ▸ before you buy

Cron Expression Generator — FAQ

What does * * * * * mean in cron?+

It means "every minute of every hour of every day". Each asterisk is a wildcard for one of the five time fields.

How do I run a cron job every 5 minutes?+

Use */5 * * * * followed by your command, for example */5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/user/public_html/cron.php

Which timezone does cron use?+

The server's timezone. On The PowerHost servers that is usually Asia/Kolkata — check with the date command.

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