jscron
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Cron Format Parser And Schedule Dates Generator
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JsCron [](https://travis-ci.org/romansky/JsCron)
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Javascript cron parser, schedule date generator
## Usage
var cron = "0 * * * * *";
var aMinute = 1000 * 60;
var startTime = Date.now();
var endTime = startTime + aMinute*5;
res = require('jscron').jscron.parse(cron,startTime,endTime)
console.log(res)
#> [1350397740000,1350397800000,1350397860000,1350397920000,1350397980000]
/* The above in the first second for the next five minutes */
res.forEach(function(i){ console.log(new Date(i))})
#> Tue Oct 16 2012 16:29:00 GMT+0200 (IST)
#> Tue Oct 16 2012 16:30:00 GMT+0200 (IST)
#> Tue Oct 16 2012 16:31:00 GMT+0200 (IST)
#> Tue Oct 16 2012 16:32:00 GMT+0200 (IST)
#> Tue Oct 16 2012 16:33:00 GMT+0200 (IST)
## Supported Cron Formatting
### General Format
* * * * * *
| | | | | |day of week(0-6)
| | | | |month(1-12)
| | | |day of month(1-31)
| | |hour(0-23)
| |minute(0-59)
|seconds(0-59)
See [WikiPedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron) for more information about the format
### Supported Formatting Of Specific Fields
* `*` all the options for that field
* `*/2` starting from the first option, every other option
* `0` only use the explicitly provided option
* `2,4,9` use list of values provided, separated by comma
## Installation
npm install jscron