Cron for every 2 minutes
Thirty runs an hour, on even minutes.
*/2 * * * *
Every 2 minutes
Interpreted in UTC · approximately 720 runs per day
Things to check
Note
Runs 720 times per day
This is a high firing rate. Overlapping executions are likely if the job takes longer than the interval, and most hosted schedulers meter invocations.
Fix: Add a lock so runs cannot overlap, and confirm your platform allows this frequency (Vercel Hobby plans are limited to daily cron jobs).
Fields
- Minute
*/2 - Every 2 minutes.
- Hour
* - Every hour.
- Day of month
* - Every day of the month.
- Month
* - Every month.
- Day of week
* - Every day of the week.
Next runs
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:06
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:08
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:10
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:12
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:14
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:16
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:18
- Sat, 2026-10-17, 23:20
Try a different expression or timezone
Times above are in UTC. Pick a timezone here to see this schedule in local time.
Call this from code or an agent
curl 'https://crontoenglish.com/api/v1/explain?expression=*%2F2%20*%20*%20*%20*'