Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI just so happened to use this page today and have used it many times in the past. It's very useful for just double-checking my syntax. It's not like cron has a complicated syntax but for some reason I can't ever seem to commit it to memory, especially for the slightly trickier things like doing something every 15 minutes on the second Saturday of every month. Part of my problem with committing the syntax to memory likely stems from the…
This is why the UNIX approach of using flat text files for dynamic information is obsolete. It seems so simple to have a text file. But then you need an editor, a locking system, access control, and a checker. And probably something to remove orphaned lock files and detect corrupted data. Those are all database functions. In UNIX/Linux, each configuration file has its own mechanism for all that. They're all inferior to SQLite.
Related note: with systemd you are probably better off using its OnCalendar facilities. There is even a tool called 'systemd-analyze', which can be used for verifying the correctness of your OnCalendar timespec: $ systemd-analyze calendar "*:11/5" --iterations 3 Original form: *:11/5 Normalized form: *-*-* *:11/5:00 Next elapse: Mon 2021-08-30 23:21:00 EEST (in UTC): Mon 2021-08-30 20:21:00 UTC From now: 47s left Iter. #2: Mon 2021-08-30 23:26:00 EEST (in UTC): Mon 2021-08-30 20:26:00 UTC From now: 5min left Iter…
Personally think this is better: http://www.corntab.com/pages/crontab-gui It's visual, just as easy to use, and geared for pros and noobs alike.
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 976
- Total comments
- 288
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-17 | Quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressions | joncalhoun | 12 | 1 |
| 2016-07-16 | Cron checkerFirst breakout | otoolep | 330 | 126 |
| 2018-06-18 | Cronjob timetable generator | niedzielski | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-09-07 | Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor | Amorymeltzer | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-10-03 | Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editorHall induction · Best thread | Amorymeltzer | 340 | 83 |
| 2021-07-07 | Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor | shaicoleman | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-08-30 | A quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressionsLatest 20+ point return | mooreds | 288 | 78 |
| 2024-01-16 | Crontab.guru – The cron schedule expression editor | hui-zheng | 1 | 0 |