Text to Cron Generator

Convert plain English phrases like 'every day at 8pm' into cron expressions. Supports flexible time formats and common scheduling patterns.

Supported Patterns

Click any pattern below to try it instantly. Each category contains commonly used scheduling phrases.

Daily Patterns

Interval Patterns

Weekday Patterns

Specific Days

Tips for Best Results

Our enhanced parser supports flexible time formats and common scheduling patterns. Here's what works now!

✅ Supported formats:

  • • "every day at 8pm" (any time)
  • • "daily at 7:30am" (with minutes)
  • • "weekdays at 10am" (any time)
  • • "friday at 3:15pm" (any day/time)
  • • "every 25 minutes" (any interval)
  • • "every 3 hours" (any hours)

❌ Not supported:

  • • "every other day"
  • • "twice a day"
  • • "every few hours"
  • • "sometime this week"
  • • Complex combinations
  • • Relative time phrases

🚀 New Flexible Features:

Time Flexibility:

  • • Any hour: 1am, 8pm, 11:30pm
  • • Minutes supported: 7:15am, 9:45pm
  • • 12-hour format with am/pm

Pattern Flexibility:

  • • Any weekday with any time
  • • Custom minute/hour intervals
  • • Intelligent time parsing