Cron for every 5 minutes
The default polling interval for most sync jobs. Divides the hour evenly, so the gap between runs is always exactly five minutes.
*/5 * * * *
Every 5 minutes
Interpreted in UTC · approximately 288 runs per day
Fields
- Minute
*/5 - Every 5 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
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:20
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:25
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:30
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:35
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:40
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:45
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:50
- Sun, 2026-10-18, 01:55
Try a different expression or timezone
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Call this from code or an agent
curl 'https://crontoenglish.com/api/v1/explain?expression=*%2F5%20*%20*%20*%20*'