diff --git a/apps/cron/20260201-000000/lib/schedules.ts b/apps/cron/20260201-000000/lib/schedules.ts
index a4b2618..63b43cd 100644
--- a/apps/cron/20260201-000000/lib/schedules.ts
+++ b/apps/cron/20260201-000000/lib/schedules.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export type Schedule =
   | "30 minutes" | "15 minutes" | "5 minutes" | "1 minute"
   | "30minutes" | "15minutes" | "5minutes" | "1minute"
   | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1
+  | (string & {}) // time strings like "7am", "7:30pm", "14:00"
 
 export type CronJob = {
   id: string              // "appname:filename"
@@ -71,19 +72,48 @@ const SCHEDULE_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   '1minute': '* * * * *',
 }
 
-export function toCronExpr(schedule: Schedule): string {
-  if (typeof schedule === 'number') {
-    return SCHEDULE_MAP[`${schedule}minutes`]!
-  }
-  return SCHEDULE_MAP[schedule]!
-}
-
 export function isValidSchedule(value: unknown): value is Schedule {
   if (typeof value === 'number') {
     return [1, 5, 15, 30].includes(value)
   }
   if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    return value in SCHEDULE_MAP
+    return value in SCHEDULE_MAP || parseTime(value) !== null
   }
   return false
 }
+
+function parseTime(s: string): { hour: number, minute: number } | null {
+  // 12h: "7am", "7pm", "7:30am", "7:30pm", "12am", "12:00pm"
+  const m12 = s.match(/^(\d{1,2})(?::(\d{2}))?\s*(am|pm)$/i)
+  if (m12) {
+    let hour = parseInt(m12[1])
+    const minute = m12[2] ? parseInt(m12[2]) : 0
+    const period = m12[3].toLowerCase()
+    if (hour < 1 || hour > 12 || minute > 59) return null
+    if (period === 'am' && hour === 12) hour = 0
+    else if (period === 'pm' && hour !== 12) hour += 12
+    return { hour, minute }
+  }
+
+  // 24h: "14:00", "0:00", "23:59"
+  const m24 = s.match(/^(\d{1,2}):(\d{2})$/)
+  if (m24) {
+    const hour = parseInt(m24[1])
+    const minute = parseInt(m24[2])
+    if (hour > 23 || minute > 59) return null
+    return { hour, minute }
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+export function toCronExpr(schedule: Schedule): string {
+  if (typeof schedule === 'number') {
+    return SCHEDULE_MAP[`${schedule}minutes`]!
+  }
+  if (schedule in SCHEDULE_MAP) {
+    return SCHEDULE_MAP[schedule]!
+  }
+  const time = parseTime(schedule)!
+  return `${time.minute} ${time.hour} * * *`
+}