# Cron Next Runs

Preview the next scheduled runs of a cron expression in local time or UTC.

## URL

https://ilham.dev/tools/cron-next-runs/

## What It Does

Read a five-field cron expression and see the next scheduled runs as real dates, in local time or UTC, with a relative label. Useful for checking that a schedule means what you think before saving it to a crontab.

## Features

- Runs in the browser
- No login required

## Input

text input.

## Output

text output.

## Privacy

Processing happens locally in the browser.

No input data is uploaded to ilham.dev.

- Requires login: false
- Requires API key: false
- Stores user data: false


## Use Cases

- explain a cron expression
- see the next run times
- check a crontab schedule

## Examples

- What does 0 3 * * * mean?
- When does */15 9-17 * * 1-5 run next?




## Questions

### How are day-of-month and weekday combined?

This preview uses an OR between the day-of-month and weekday fields. That is useful to know, but its current logic can also list extra dates when one of those fields is `*` and the other is restricted. For schedules like “weekdays only”, verify the dates using the cron implementation on your server rather than relying on this preview alone.