CRON expression

Research query: CRON expression · jobs: 1 · on-topic sources: 5 · review: Held

Overview

A widget for 'shiny' apps to handle schedule expression input, using the 'cron-expression-input' JavaScript component. — shinycroneditor: 'shiny' Cron Expression Input Widget (2024)

Although typically used to automate system maintenance and administration it can be used to automate any task. cron is most suitable for scheduling repetitive tasks, as scheduling a one-time task can be accomplished via at. — Cron (wikipedia)

Trigger fields, condition operators, duration literals, cron expressions, and sink declarations are all validated during compilation, so malformed rules fail fast with path-aware errors instead of surfacing partway through a run. — Rule Engine Core: a declarative complex event processing runtime with deterministic replay and at-least-once delivery (2026)

In additon,Quartz and TaskScheduler support time scheduling with Cron expression,and the latter also supports the definition of @Scheduled annotation. — Research and Comparison of Spring Task Schedule Methods (2012)

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Deep look

Encyclopedia

Cron (wikipedia)

Although typically used to automate system maintenance and administration it can be used to automate any task. cron is most suitable for scheduling repetitive tasks, as scheduling a one-time task can be accomplished via at. (new this job) — source

Scholarship

ivanbaha/nestjs-env-getter: NPM library (2026)

Added Cron Expression Support: Added getRequiredCron and getOptionalCron to parse cron environment variables into a CronSchedule. (new this job) — source

Supports both 5-field and 6-field cron formats. (new this job) — source

Changed Documentation & Examples: Expanded README cron documentation and updated the nestjs-server example to demonstrate cron schedules. (new this job) — source

Rule Engine Core: a declarative complex event processing runtime with deterministic replay and at-least-once delivery (2026)

Trigger fields, condition operators, duration literals, cron expressions, and sink declarations are all validated during compilation, so malformed rules fail fast with path-aware errors instead of surfacing partway through a run. (new this job) — source

Five trigger families are supported: event — a matching event satisfies a condition; window — an aggregate over a time window satisfies a condition; absence — no matching event arrives before a timeout elapses; composite — per-source absence timers combine under the rule's AND/OR operator; scheduled — a cron expression elapses. (new this job) — source

shinycroneditor: 'shiny' Cron Expression Input Widget (2024)

A widget for 'shiny' apps to handle schedule expression input, using the 'cron-expression-input' JavaScript component. (new this job) — source

Research and Comparison of Spring Task Schedule Methods (2012)

In additon,Quartz and TaskScheduler support time scheduling with Cron expression,and the latter also supports the definition of @Scheduled annotation. (new this job) — source

Review

Status Held. Verified claims 8. On-topic sources 5 (reused 0). Dropped 1 collector hit(s) and 0 off-topic local claim(s). Conflicts 0. Coverage: cron, expression.

Provenance

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