Parsing crontab-style lines

Question

I need to parse a crontab-like schedule definition in Python (e.g. 00 3 * * *) and get where this should have last run.

Is there a good (preferably small) library th

Answer 1

Maybe you can use this module:

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577466-cron-like-triggers/

I used that module for making an user-space cron in Python and it works very well. This module can handle crontab-like lines.