<dependency>
    <groupId>com.cronutils</groupId>
    <artifactId>cron-utils</artifactId>
    <version>9.2.1</version>
</dependency>

// Define your own cron: arbitrary fields are allowed and last field can be optional
CronDefinition cronDefinition =
    CronDefinitionBuilder.defineCron()
        .withSeconds().and()
        .withMinutes().and()
        .withHours().and()
        .withDayOfMonth()
            .supportsHash().supportsL().supportsW().and()
        .withMonth().and()
        .withDayOfWeek()
            .withIntMapping(7, 0) //we support non-standard non-zero-based numbers!
            .supportsHash().supportsL().supportsW().and()
        .withYear().optional().and()
        .instance();

// or get a predefined instance
cronDefinition = CronDefinitionBuilder.instanceDefinitionFor(QUARTZ);

// Create a cron expression. CronMigrator will ensure you remain cron provider agnostic
import static com.cronutils.model.field.expression.FieldExpressionFactory.*;

Cron cron = CronBuilder.cron(CronDefinitionBuilder.instanceDefinitionFor(CronType.QUARTZ))
    .withYear(always())
    .withDoM(between(SpecialChar.L, 3))
    .withMonth(always())
    .withDoW(questionMark())
    .withHour(always())
    .withMinute(always())
    .withSecond(on(0))
    .instance();
// Obtain the string expression
String cronAsString = cron.asString(); // 0 * * L-3 * ? *

// Create a parser based on provided definition
CronParser parser = new CronParser(cronDefinition);
Cron quartzCron = parser.parse("0 23 * ? * 1-5 *");

// Create a descriptor for a specific Locale
CronDescriptor descriptor = CronDescriptor.instance(Locale.UK);

// Parse some expression and ask descriptor for description
String description = descriptor.describe(parser.parse("*/45 * * * * ?"));
// Description will be: "every 45 seconds"

description = descriptor.describe(quartzCron);
// Description will be: "every hour at minute 23 every day between Monday and Friday"
// which is the same description we get for the cron below:
descriptor.describe(parser.parse("0 23 * ? * MON-FRI *"));

// Migration between cron libraries has never been so easy!
// Turn cron expressions into another format by using CronMapper:
CronMapper cronMapper = CronMapper.fromQuartzToCron4j();

Cron cron4jCron = cronMapper.map(quartzCron);
// and to get a String representation of it, we can use
cron4jCron.asString();//will return: 23 * * * 1-5

cron4jCron.validate()

// Get date for last execution
ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
ExecutionTime executionTime = ExecutionTime.forCron(parser.parse("* * * * * ? *"));
ZonedDateTime lastExecution = executionTime.lastExecution(now);

// Get date for next execution
ZonedDateTime nextExecution = executionTime.nextExecution(now);

// Time from last execution
Duration timeFromLastExecution = executionTime.timeFromLastExecution(now);

// Time to next execution
Duration timeToNextExecution = executionTime.timeToNextExecution(now);

// Map day of week value from Quartz to JodaTime
int jodatimeDayOfWeek =
        ConstantsMapper.weekDayMapping(
                ConstantsMapper.QUARTZ_WEEK_DAY,
                ConstantsMapper.JODATIME_WEEK_DAY
        );

// You no longer need to remember "YYYY-MM-dd KK a" patterns.
DateTimeFormatter formatter = 
	    HDateTimeFormatBuilder
		    .getInstance()
		    .forJodaTime()
		    .getFormatter(Locale.US)
		    .forPattern("June 9, 2011");
String formattedDateTime = formatter.print(lastExecution);
// formattedDateTime will be lastExecution in "dayOfWeek, Month day, Year" format

mvn assembly:assembly -DdescriptorId=jar-with-dependencies

java -jar cron-utils-<version>-jar-with-dependencies.jar com.cronutils.cli.CronUtilsCLI --validate -f [CRON4J|QUARTZ|UNIX] -e '<cron expression>'`