NaturalCron.CronConverter 1.0.0

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dotnet add package NaturalCron.CronConverter --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package NaturalCron.CronConverter -Version 1.0.0
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<PackageReference Include="NaturalCron.CronConverter" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="NaturalCron.CronConverter" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="NaturalCron.CronConverter" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add NaturalCron.CronConverter --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: NaturalCron.CronConverter, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package NaturalCron.CronConverter@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=NaturalCron.CronConverter&version=1.0.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=NaturalCron.CronConverter&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

NaturalCron.CronConverter

License: MIT

Optional add-on for NaturalCron that translates natural language expressions into classic cron strings compatible with Unix cron, Cronos, Quartz.NET, and NCrontab.

NaturalCron is a self-contained scheduling engine — this package is only needed when an external system requires a classic cron string as input.

Installation

dotnet add package NaturalCron.CronConverter

Quick Usage

using NaturalCron;
using NaturalCron.CronConverter;

// From a parsed expression
var expr = NaturalCronExpr.Parse("every day at 18:00");
string cron = expr.ToCronExpression();              // "0 18 * * *"

// From the fluent builder
string cron2 = NaturalCronBuilder
    .Every(30).Minutes()
    .ToCronExpression();                            // "*/30 * * * *"

// Non-throwing variant
CronConversionResult result = expr.TryToCronExpression();
if (result.IsSuccess)
    Console.WriteLine(result.CronExpression);

Target-Library Presets

string crontab = expr.ToCronExpression(CronConverterOptions.ForCrontab()); // 5-field, Unix cron
string cronos  = expr.ToCronExpression(CronConverterOptions.ForCronos());  // 5-field, Cronos
string quartz  = expr.ToCronExpression(CronConverterOptions.ForQuartz());  // 6-field, Quartz.NET

What Is Not Supported

Some NaturalCron features have no classic cron equivalent and will throw a CronConversionException by default:

  • Time-window ranges with multiple time units: between 09:00 and 18:00 (hour + minute)
  • Timezone rules
  • Every N weeks (N > 1) / yearly rules
  • LastDay, LastWeekday, FirstWeekday, day arithmetic

See the full converter documentation for details and workarounds.

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