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Cron Explained

Have you ever found the cron format confusing? Did you ever need to know what is the "real" schedule? Are you tired of copy pasting the "2,3,4 */2 * * 4" into other online tools? This extension might come handy to you.

Features

Hover tooltips

When hovering over cron-like schedules, display a human friendly explanation in a tooltip.

hover

Code lens

Show code lens action to make inserting explanation as comment easier.

code-lens

Save as comment

Command allowing you add an inline comment with the explanation.

comment

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

Settings	Description	Default value
`cron-explained.hover.enabled`	When enabled, the transcript is shown in a hover tooltip.	`true`
`cron-explained.codeLens.enabled`	When enabled, the transcript is shown as a code lens.	`false`
`cron-explained.codeLens.showTranscript`	Show the transcript of a cron string in a code lens.	`true`
`cron-explained.codeLens.showCommentAction`	Show action to insert comment for a cron string.	`true`
`cron-explained.cronstrueOptions.use24HourTimeFormat`	If set, descriptions will use a 24-hour clock.	`true`
`cron-explained.cronstrueOptions.verbose`	Whether to use a verbose description.	`true`
`cron-explained.cronstrueOptions.locale`	Enforce specific language for transcriptions.	Environment language
`cron-explained.cronstrueOptions.dayOfWeekStartIndexZero`	Whether to interpret cron expression day of week '1' as Sunday (`false`) or Monday (`true`).\n\n_(For example: AWS uses 1 as Sunday -> set option to `false`)_	`true`
`cron-explained.cronstrueOptions.monthStartIndexZero`	Whether to interpret January as '0' or '1'	`true`

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cronstrue which provides the cron translations.

Cron Explained

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Cron Explained

Features

Hover tooltips

Code lens

Save as comment

Extension Settings

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