Cron Every 5 Minutes Generator
Pre-loaded with */5 * * * * — the canonical 'every 5 minutes' cron pattern.
What does cron `*/5 * * * *` mean?
*/5 * * * * fires at minute 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, ... 55 of every hour, every day — twelve times an hour, 288 times a day. The */5 in the minute field is step syntax: 'every 5 starting from 0'. It's the standard pattern for short-interval polling jobs: refreshing a cached API response, syncing data from a third-party SaaS, scraping a status endpoint, or processing a queue that doesn't justify a long-running worker.
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Presets
Manual
Minute0-59, * for every, */5 for every 5 minutes
Hour0-23, * for every, */2 for every 2 hours
Day of Month1-31, * for every, 1,15 for specific days
Month1-12, * for every, 1-6 for Jan through Jun
Day of Week0-6 (0=Sunday), * for every, 1-5 for weekdays
Generated Expression
*/5 * * * *
Every 5 minutes
Next 5 Runs:
5/2/2026, 2:10:00 PM5/2/2026, 2:15:00 PM5/2/2026, 2:20:00 PM5/2/2026, 2:25:00 PM5/2/2026, 2:30:00 PM
Cron Reference
Special Characters
* Any value
, Value list separator
- Range of values
/ Step values
Day of Week Values
0=Sun1=Mon2=Tue3=Wed4=Thu5=Fri6=Sat
About the */5 step pattern
Step syntax */N in any cron field means 'every N units, starting from the field's minimum value'.
- Field positions: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week
- */5 in the minute field expands to 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55
- Use */N in any field — */2 in hour = every 2 hours, */7 in day = every 7 days
- Some runners (notably old BSD cron) don't support */N — fall back to explicit lists