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Cron Expression Validator

Paste any cron expression and instantly see if it's valid — with field-by-field error breakdowns, range checks, and semantic warnings for common mistakes. Supports all 5-field cron syntax and special strings like @daily and @reboot.

✅ Valid examples:
❌ Invalid examples (to test):
✅Valid cron expression
Field-by-field breakdown
0
Minute
0–59
9
Hour
0–23
*
Day of Month
1–31
*
Month
1–12
1-5
Day of Week
0–7
Cron syntax quick reference
FieldRangeWildcardStepRangeListExample
Minute0–59**/50-300,15,30,45*/5
Hour0–23**/29-176,12,180
Day/Month1–31*—1-151,151
Month1–12*—1-61,4,7,10*
Day/Week0–7 (0,7=Sun)*—1-51,3,51-5
Common cron expression mistakes
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
Hour must be 0–23. 25 is invalid.
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
Minute must be 0–59. 60 is invalid.
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
Must have 5 fields. 4 is invalid.
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
Day-of-week is 0–7. 8 is invalid (use 0 or 7 for Sunday).
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
February never has 30 days. Will silently never run.
❌ Wrong
✅ Correct
6 fields is Quartz format, not standard cron. Use @Scheduled for Spring Boot.

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