zslayton/cron

A cron expression parser in Rust

Rust

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136 commits

updated Jun 21, 2026

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cron Rust

A cron expression parser. Works with stable Rust v1.28.0.

use cron::Schedule;
use chrono::Utc;
use std::str::FromStr;

fn main() {
  //               sec  min   hour   day of month   month   day of week   year
  let expression = "0   30   9,12,15     1,15       May-Aug  Mon,Wed,Fri  2018/2";
  let schedule = Schedule::from_str(expression).unwrap();
  println!("Upcoming fire times:");
  for datetime in schedule.upcoming(Utc).take(10) {
    println!("-> {}", datetime);
  }
}

/*
Upcoming fire times:
-> 2018-06-01 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-01 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-01 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-15 09:30:00 UTC
*/

License

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Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

cron
cron-expression-parser
rust
schedule

zslayton/cron

A cron expression parser in Rust

Rust

452

136 commits

updated Jun 21, 2026

See the code

README

cron Rust

A cron expression parser. Works with stable Rust v1.28.0.

use cron::Schedule;
use chrono::Utc;
use std::str::FromStr;

fn main() {
  //               sec  min   hour   day of month   month   day of week   year
  let expression = "0   30   9,12,15     1,15       May-Aug  Mon,Wed,Fri  2018/2";
  let schedule = Schedule::from_str(expression).unwrap();
  println!("Upcoming fire times:");
  for datetime in schedule.upcoming(Utc).take(10) {
    println!("-> {}", datetime);
  }
}

/*
Upcoming fire times:
-> 2018-06-01 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-01 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-01 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-06-15 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 09:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 12:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-01 15:30:00 UTC
-> 2018-08-15 09:30:00 UTC
*/

License

Licensed under either of

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

cron
cron-expression-parser
rust
schedule

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3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

7/10
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Latest release

0.17.0 · Jun 18, 2026

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