Observed arrival · 2026-10-26
cron.surf makes cron dialects legible
A browser-based tool that explains cron expressions, shows upcoming run times, and converts schedules among crontab, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, AWS EventBridge, Spring, and Quartz.
- For
- Developers moving scheduled jobs between platforms
- Worth noticing
- For one displayed weekday-at-9 example, it lists five platform equivalents and explains each platform’s field or timezone caveat.
Field notes
The page pairs each conversion with platform-specific notes: EventBridge uses a six-field cron() form, Spring puts seconds first, and Quartz uses Sunday as 1 with a question mark in one day field. Its sample weekday schedule is labeled as an exact match across five platforms, while the accompanying notes distinguish timezone defaults and settings. The site says calculations happen in the browser and entered text is not sent anywhere.
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