cron_describe
Explain a cron expression
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Parse a standard 5-field cron expression (minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week) into a plain-English breakdown and the next few run times in UTC. Use to sanity-check a schedule instead of guessing what the fields mean.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| expression | string | yes | A 5-field cron expression, e.g. "30 2 * * 1-5". |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"expression": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "A 5-field cron expression, e.g. \"30 2 * * 1-5\"."
}
},
"required": [
"expression"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}