Autodetect parse with seconds

Hi, I’m using Cronos inside application which read user configurations which could have standard minutes form or extended with seconds. Problem is, i do not know if user enter one or another and Parse() method without second parameter throws Cronos.CronFormatException: Unexpected character '*'.. How should i detect if it is standard form or extended when Cronos can’t detect it by itself?

[odinserj]

The * * * * * * expression is ambiguous – some parsers treat the first part as a second value, other parsers treat the first part as a minute, and last part as an year value – that’s why there’s no auto-detection mechanism in Cronos for this case.

If your values only include seconds as a six-part expressions, then you can use the String.Split method to count the number of parts in a cron expression, and decide to use the corresponding format based on the result.

[jbennink]

@odinserj I wondered why cron does not include years for detecting special holidays or special open/closed periods that only exist in that specific year. This relates to cron expression used in Asterisk dialplans where you want to be closed in 2022 on the 10 of October. But the ambiguity with seconds is also something