Cron Expression Descriptor

A .NET library that converts cron expressions into human readable strings.

Author: Brady Holt (http://www.geekytidbits.com)
Contributors: Renato Lima, Ivan Santos, Fabien Brooke, Siarhei Khalipski, Mustafa SADEDİL
License: MIT

Features

• Supports all cron expression special characters including * / , - ? L W, #
• Supports 5, 6 (w/ seconds or year), or 7 (w/ seconds and year) part cron expressions
• Provides casing options (Sentence, Title, Lower, etc.)
• Localization with support for 5 languages

Languages Available

• English (Brady Holt)
• Brazilian (Renato Lima)
• Spanish (Ivan Santos)
• Norwegian (Siarhei Khalipski)
• Turkish (Mustafa SADEDİL)
• Dutch (TotalMace)
• Chinese Simplified (Star Peng)

Download

Cron Expression Descriptor releases can be installed with NuGet. Visit the NuGet Package page for more info.

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Usage Examples (as Unit Tests)

Assert.AreEqual("Every minute", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("*/1 * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 0/1 * * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every hour", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 0 * * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every hour", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 0 0/1 * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 23 ? * MON-FRI"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every second", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 45 seconds", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("*/45 * * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 05 minutes", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("*/5 * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 10 minutes", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 0/10 * * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 05 minutes", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 */5 * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 11:30 AM, Monday through Friday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 11 * * 1-5"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 11:30 AM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 11 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute between 11:00 AM and 11:10 AM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0-10 11 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, only in March", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * 3 *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, only in March and June", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * 3,6 *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 02:30 PM and 04:30 PM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 14,16 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 06:30 AM, 02:30 PM and 04:30 PM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 6,14,16 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 09:46 AM, only on Monday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("46 9 * * 1"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, on day 15 of the month", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 15 * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, only in January", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * JAN *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, only in January", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 ? JAN *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, January through February", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * JAN-FEB *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, January through March", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * JAN-MAR *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, only on Sunday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * * SUN"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 05 minutes, at 03:00 PM, Monday through Friday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("*/5 15 * * MON-FRI"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, on the third Monday of the month", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * MON#3"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, on the last Thursday of the month", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * 4L"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 05 minutes, on the last day of the month, only in January", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("*/5 * L JAN *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 02:02:30 PM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 02 14 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Seconds 05 through 10 past the minute", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("5-10 * * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("Seconds 05 through 10 past the minute, minutes 30 through 35 past the hour, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("5-10 30-35 10-12 * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 30 seconds past the minute, every 05 minutes", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("30 */5 * * * *"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 30 minutes past the hour, between 10:00 AM and 01:00 PM, only on Wednesday and Friday", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 30 10-13 ? * WED,FRI"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 10 seconds past the minute, every 05 minutes", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("10 0/5 * * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every 03 minutes, minutes 02 through 59 past the hour, at 01:00 AM, 09:00 AM, and 10:00 PM, between day 11 and 26 of the month, January through June", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("2-59/3 1,9,22 11-26 1-6 ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 06:00 AM", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 0 6 1/1 * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 05 minutes past the hour", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("0 5 0/1 * * ?"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every second, only in 2013", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * * * 2013"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, only in 2013", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * * 2013"));
Assert.AreEqual("Every minute, only in 2013 and 2014", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("* * * * * 2013,2014"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, January through February, 2013 through 2014", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * JAN-FEB * 2013-2014"));
Assert.AreEqual("At 12:23 PM, January through March, 2013 through 2015", ExpressionDescriptor.GetDescription("23 12 * JAN-MAR * 2013-2015"));