diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 94b69aa..b5ff827 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ Cron expression parser in Go language (golang). Given a cron expression and a time stamp, you can get the next time stamp which satisfy the cron expression. -In another project, I decided to use Cron syntax to encode scheduling information. Thus this standalone library to parse and execute cron expressions. +In another project, I decided to use Cron syntax to encode scheduling information. Thus this standalone library to parse and apply time stamps to cron expressions. Implementation -------------- The reference documentation for this implementation is found at -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#CRON_expression, which I copy/pasted here (laziness) with modifications where this implementation differs: +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#CRON_expression, which I copy/pasted here (laziness!) with modifications where this implementation differs: Field name Mandatory? Allowed values Allowed special characters ---------- ---------- -------------- -------------------------- @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Predefined cron expressions Other details ------------- -* If only six field are present, a `0` second field is prepended, that is, `* * * * * 2013` internally become `0 * * * * * 2013`. +* If only six fields are present, a `0` second field is prepended, that is, `* * * * * 2013` internally become `0 * * * * * 2013`. * If only five fields are present, a `0` second field is prepended and a wildcard year field is appended, that is, `* * * * *` internally become `0 * * * * * *`. * Domain for day-of-week field is [0-7] instead of [0-6], 7 being Sunday (like 0). This to comply with http://linux.die.net/man/5/crontab#. * As of now, the behavior of the code is undetermined if a malformed cron expression is supplied @@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ to create a `CronExpression` object once and keep a copy of it for reuse: cronexpr := cronexpression.NewCronExpression("0 0 29 2 *") nextTime := cronexpr.NextTime(time.Now()) + ... -Use `cronexpression.NoMatch()` to find out whether a valid time was returned. For exemple, +Use `cronexpression.NoMatch()` to find out whether a valid time was returned. For example, cronexpression.NoMatch(cronexpression.NextTimeFromCronString("* * * * * 1980", time.Now()))