diff --git a/constantdelay.go b/constantdelay.go
index cd6e7b1b..196f6ba0 100644
--- a/constantdelay.go
+++ b/constantdelay.go
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ func Every(duration time.Duration) ConstantDelaySchedule {
 func (schedule ConstantDelaySchedule) Next(t time.Time) time.Time {
 	return t.Add(schedule.Delay - time.Duration(t.Nanosecond())*time.Nanosecond)
 }
+
+// Prev returns the latest time this should be run.
+// This rounds so that the latest activation time will be on the second.
+func (schedule ConstantDelaySchedule) Prev(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	return t.Add(-schedule.Delay - time.Duration(t.Nanosecond())*time.Nanosecond)
+}
diff --git a/cron.go b/cron.go
index f6e451db..f71d33e7 100644
--- a/cron.go
+++ b/cron.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type Schedule interface {
 	// Next returns the next activation time, later than the given time.
 	// Next is invoked initially, and then each time the job is run.
 	Next(time.Time) time.Time
+	// Prev returns the next activation time, smaller or equal with the given time.
+	// Prev is invoked initially, and then each time the job is run.
+	Prev(time.Time) time.Time
 }
 
 // EntryID identifies an entry within a Cron instance
diff --git a/cron_test.go b/cron_test.go
index 36f06bf7..0127fdef 100644
--- a/cron_test.go
+++ b/cron_test.go
@@ -541,6 +541,10 @@ func (*ZeroSchedule) Next(time.Time) time.Time {
 	return time.Time{}
 }
 
+func (*ZeroSchedule) Prev(time.Time) time.Time {
+	return time.Time{}
+}
+
 // Tests that job without time does not run
 func TestJobWithZeroTimeDoesNotRun(t *testing.T) {
 	cron := newWithSeconds()
diff --git a/spec.go b/spec.go
index fa1e241e..68c7b8af 100644
--- a/spec.go
+++ b/spec.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package cron
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+)
 
 // SpecSchedule specifies a duty cycle (to the second granularity), based on a
 // traditional crontab specification. It is computed initially and stored as bit sets.
@@ -174,6 +176,93 @@ WRAP:
 	return t.In(origLocation)
 }
 
+// Prev returns the lastest time this schedule is activated, smaller or equal with the given
+// time.  If no time can be found to satisfy the schedule, return the zero time.
+func (s *SpecSchedule) Prev(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	// General approach
+	//
+	// For Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second:
+	// Check if the time value matches.  If yes, continue to the next field.
+	// If the field doesn't match the schedule, then increment the field until it matches.
+	// While incrementing the field, a wrap-around brings it back to the beginning
+	// of the field list (since it is necessary to re-verify previous field
+	// values)
+
+	// Convert the given time into the schedule's timezone, if one is specified.
+	// Save the original timezone so we can convert back after we find a time.
+	// Note that schedules without a time zone specified (time.Local) are treated
+	// as local to the time provided.
+	origLocation := t.Location()
+	loc := s.Location
+	if loc == time.Local {
+		loc = t.Location()
+	}
+	if s.Location != time.Local {
+		t = t.In(s.Location)
+	}
+
+	// Start at the earliest possible time (the upcoming second).
+	t = t.Add(-time.Duration(t.Nanosecond()) * time.Nanosecond)
+
+	// If no time is found within five years, return zero.
+	yearLimit := t.Year() - 5
+
+WRAP:
+	if t.Year() < yearLimit {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+
+	// Find the first applicable month.
+	// If it's this month, then do nothing.
+	for 1<<uint(t.Month())&s.Month == 0 {
+		t = time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, loc).Add(-time.Second)
+
+		// Wrapped around.
+		if t.Month() == time.December {
+			goto WRAP
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Now get a day in that month.
+	//
+	// NOTE: This causes issues for daylight savings regimes where midnight does
+	// not exist.  For example: Sao Paulo has DST that transforms midnight on
+	// 11/3 into 1am. Handle that by noticing when the Hour ends up != 0.
+	for !dayMatches(s, t) {
+		t = time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, loc).Add(-time.Second)
+		date := time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, loc).AddDate(0, 0, -1)
+		if t.Day() == date.Day() {
+			goto WRAP
+		}
+	}
+
+	for 1<<uint(t.Hour())&s.Hour == 0 {
+		t = time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), 0, 0, 0, loc).Add(-time.Second)
+
+		if t.Hour() == 23 {
+			goto WRAP
+		}
+	}
+
+	for 1<<uint(t.Minute())&s.Minute == 0 {
+		t = t.Truncate(time.Minute).Add(-time.Second)
+
+		if t.Minute() == 59 {
+			goto WRAP
+		}
+	}
+
+	for 1<<uint(t.Second())&s.Second == 0 {
+		t = t.Add(-time.Second)
+
+		if t.Second() == 59 {
+			goto WRAP
+		}
+	}
+
+	return t.In(origLocation)
+}
+
 // dayMatches returns true if the schedule's day-of-week and day-of-month
 // restrictions are satisfied by the given time.
 func dayMatches(s *SpecSchedule, t time.Time) bool {
diff --git a/spec_test.go b/spec_test.go
index 1b8a503e..e77080aa 100644
--- a/spec_test.go
+++ b/spec_test.go
@@ -199,6 +199,138 @@ func TestNext(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPrev(t *testing.T) {
+	runs := []struct {
+		time, spec string
+		expected   string
+	}{
+		// Simple cases
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012", "0 0/15 * * * *", "Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:59 2012", "0 0/15 * * * *", "Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 14:45:01 2012", "0 0/15 * * * *", "Mon Jul 9 14:45 2012"},
+
+		// Wrap around hours
+		{"Mon Jul 9 15:45 2012", "0 20-35/15 * * * *", "Mon Jul 9 15:35 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 15:32 2012", "0 20-35/15 * * * *", "Mon Jul 9 15:20 2012"},
+
+		// Wrap around days
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:46 2012", "0 */15 * * * *", "Tue Jul 9 23:45 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:45 2012", "0 20-35/15 * * * *", "Tue Jul 9 23:35 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 * * * *", "Tue Jul 9 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 1/2 * * *", "Tue Jul 9 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 2/2 * * *", "Tue Jul 9 22:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 10-12 * * *", "Tue Jul 9 12:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 1/2 */2 * *", "Thu Jul 9 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 1/2 2/2 * *", "Thu Jul 8 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 * 9-20 * *", "Wed Jul 9 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 * 10-20 * *", "Wed Jun 20 23:35:50 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35:51 2012", "15/35 20-35/15 * 9-20 Jul *", "Wed Jul 9 23:35:50 2012"},
+
+		// Wrap around months
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 9 Oct-Dec ?", "Thu Dec 9 00:00 2011"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 */5 Apr,Aug,Oct Mon", "Mon Apr 30 00:00 2012"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 */5 Oct Mon", "Mon Oct 31 00:00 2011"},
+
+		// Wrap around years
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 * Nov Mon", "Mon Nov 28 00:00 2011"},
+		{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 * Nov Mon/2", "Wed Nov 30 00:00 2011"},
+
+		// Wrap around minute, hour, day, month, and year
+		{"Sat Jan 1 00:00 2012", "0 * * * * *", "Sat Jan 1 00:00:00 2012"},
+
+		// Leap year
+		{"Mon Feb 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 29 Feb ?", "Mon Feb 29 00:00 2008"},
+
+		// Daylight savings time 2am EST (-5) -> 3am EDT (-4)
+		{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 30 3 12 Mar ?", "2011-03-12T03:30:00-0500"},
+		{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 30 3 13 Mar ?", "2011-03-13T02:30:00-0500"},
+
+		//// hourly job
+		//{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T03:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T03:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T04:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T04:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T05:00:00-0400"},
+		//
+		//// hourly job using CRON_TZ
+		//{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500", "CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T03:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T03:00:00-0400", "CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T04:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T04:00:00-0400", "CRON_TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-03-11T05:00:00-0400"},
+		//
+		//// 1am nightly job
+		//{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-03-11T01:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-03-12T01:00:00-0400"},
+		//
+		//// 2am nightly job (skipped)
+		//{"2012-03-11T00:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 2 * * ?", "2012-03-12T02:00:00-0400"},
+		//
+		//// Daylight savings time 2am EDT (-4) => 1am EST (-5)
+		//{"2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 30 2 04 Nov ?", "2012-11-04T02:30:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T01:45:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 30 1 04 Nov ?", "2012-11-04T01:30:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// hourly job
+		//{"2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 1am nightly job (runs twice)
+		//{"2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-05T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 2am nightly job
+		//{"2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 2 * * ?", "2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 2 * * ?", "2012-11-05T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 3am nightly job
+		//{"2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 3 * * ?", "2012-11-04T03:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2012-11-04T03:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/New_York 0 0 3 * * ?", "2012-11-05T03:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// hourly job
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400", "0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500", "0 0 * * * ?", "2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 1am nightly job (runs twice)
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T01:00:00-0400", "0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T01:00:00-0500", "0 0 1 * * ?", "2012-11-05T01:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 2am nightly job
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "0 0 2 * * ?", "2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T02:00:00-0500", "0 0 2 * * ?", "2012-11-05T02:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// 3am nightly job
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "0 0 3 * * ?", "2012-11-04T03:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T03:00:00-0500", "0 0 3 * * ?", "2012-11-05T03:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// Unsatisfiable
+		//{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 30 Feb ?", ""},
+		//{"Mon Jul 9 23:35 2012", "0 0 0 31 Apr ?", ""},
+		//
+		//// Monthly job
+		//{"TZ=America/New_York 2012-11-04T00:00:00-0400", "0 0 3 3 * ?", "2012-12-03T03:00:00-0500"},
+		//
+		//// Test the scenario of DST resulting in midnight not being a valid time.
+		//// https://github.com/robfig/cron/issues/157
+		//{"2018-10-17T05:00:00-0400", "TZ=America/Sao_Paulo 0 0 9 10 * ?", "2018-11-10T06:00:00-0500"},
+		//{"2018-02-14T05:00:00-0500", "TZ=America/Sao_Paulo 0 0 9 22 * ?", "2018-02-22T07:00:00-0500"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range runs {
+		sched, err := secondParser.Parse(c.spec)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+			continue
+		}
+		actual := sched.Prev(getTime(c.time))
+		expected := getTime(c.expected)
+		if !actual.Equal(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("%s, \"%s\": (expected) %v != %v (actual)", c.time, c.spec, expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	invalidSpecs := []string{
 		"xyz",