Cron Translator

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

Wed, 2026-09-02, 15:552026-09-02T15:55:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:002026-09-02T16:00:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:052026-09-02T16:05:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:102026-09-02T16:10:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:152026-09-02T16:15:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:202026-09-02T16:20:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:252026-09-02T16:25:00.000Z
Wed, 2026-09-02, 16:302026-09-02T16:30:00.000Z

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Call this from code or an agent

curl 'https://crontoenglish.com/api/v1/explain?expression=*%2F5%20*%20*%20*%20*'

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