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Every 5 Minutes Cron Expression

The schedule you reach for when polling an API, flushing a queue, or running a health check: */5 in the minute field means "every minute divisible by 5", and the four wildcards leave hours, dates, months, and weekdays unrestricted. Edit any field below and the translation and timeline update instantly.

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  1. 1Paste your cronFive space-separated fields — day and month names (MON-FRI, JAN) and @daily-style aliases work too.
  2. 2Read the translationInstant plain English, plus a field-by-field breakdown of what each token means.
  3. 3Check the timelineYour next 5 execution times with live countdowns — shown in local time or UTC.

instant translation

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Field breakdown

  • Minute——
  • Hour——
  • Day of month——
  • Month——
  • Day of week——

Next 5 planned execution times

    Times are computed from your device’s clock, exactly like cron on your own machine — the UTC switch only changes the display. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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