diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
index abe1dc85386..9f5595f9d1d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ func deleteFromActiveList(cj *batchv1.CronJob, uid types.UID) {
 // mostRecentScheduleTime returns:
 //   - the last schedule time or CronJob's creation time,
 //   - the most recent time a Job should be created or nil, if that's after now,
-//   - number of missed schedules
+//   - very rough approximation of number of missed schedules (based on difference
+//     between two schedules),
 //   - error in an edge case where the schedule specification is grammatically correct,
 //     but logically doesn't make sense (31st day for months with only 30 days, for example).
 func mostRecentScheduleTime(cj *batchv1.CronJob, now time.Time, schedule cron.Schedule, includeStartingDeadlineSeconds bool) (time.Time, *time.Time, int64, error) {
@@ -106,10 +107,29 @@ func mostRecentScheduleTime(cj *batchv1.CronJob, now time.Time, schedule cron.Sc
 	if timeBetweenTwoSchedules < 1 {
 		return earliestTime, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("time difference between two schedules is less than 1 second")
 	}
+	// this logic used for calculating number of missed schedules does a rough
+	// approximation, by calculating a diff between two schedules (t1 and t2),
+	// and counting how many of these will fit in between last schedule and now
 	timeElapsed := int64(now.Sub(t1).Seconds())
 	numberOfMissedSchedules := (timeElapsed / timeBetweenTwoSchedules) + 1
-	mostRecentTime := time.Unix(t1.Unix()+((numberOfMissedSchedules-1)*timeBetweenTwoSchedules), 0).UTC()
 
+	var mostRecentTime time.Time
+	// to get the most recent time accurate for regular schedules and the ones
+	// specified with @every form, we first need to calculate the potential earliest
+	// time by multiplying the initial number of missed schedules by its interval,
+	// this is critical to ensure @every starts at the correct time, this explains
+	// the numberOfMissedSchedules-1, the additional -1 serves there to go back
+	// in time one more time unit, and let the cron library calculate a proper
+	// schedule, for case where the schedule is not consistent, for example
+	// something like  30 6-16/4 * * 1-5
+	potentialEarliest := t1.Add(time.Duration((numberOfMissedSchedules-1-1)*timeBetweenTwoSchedules) * time.Second)
+	for t := schedule.Next(potentialEarliest); !t.After(now); t = schedule.Next(t) {
+		mostRecentTime = t
+	}
+
+	if mostRecentTime.IsZero() {
+		return earliestTime, nil, numberOfMissedSchedules, nil
+	}
 	return earliestTime, &mostRecentTime, numberOfMissedSchedules, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
index 2168ed5904b..994fb388cd0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ func TestByJobStartTime(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMostRecentScheduleTime(t *testing.T) {
 	metav1TopOfTheHour := metav1.NewTime(*topOfTheHour())
 	metav1HalfPastTheHour := metav1.NewTime(*deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(30 * time.Minute))
+	metav1MinuteAfterTopOfTheHour := metav1.NewTime(*deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(1 * time.Minute))
 	oneMinute := int64(60)
+	tenSeconds := int64(10)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                   string
@@ -346,6 +348,94 @@ func TestMostRecentScheduleTime(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedEarliestTime:   *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(10 * time.Second),
 			expectedNumberOfMisses: 5,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "complex schedule",
+			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1TopOfTheHour,
+				},
+				Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
+					Schedule: "30 6-16/4 * * 1-5",
+				},
+				Status: batchv1.CronJobStatus{
+					LastScheduleTime: &metav1HalfPastTheHour,
+				},
+			},
+			now:                    *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(24*time.Hour + 31*time.Minute),
+			expectedRecentTime:     deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(24*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute),
+			expectedEarliestTime:   *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(30 * time.Minute),
+			expectedNumberOfMisses: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "another complex schedule",
+			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1TopOfTheHour,
+				},
+				Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
+					Schedule: "30 10,11,12 * * 1-5",
+				},
+				Status: batchv1.CronJobStatus{
+					LastScheduleTime: &metav1HalfPastTheHour,
+				},
+			},
+			now:                    *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(30*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute),
+			expectedRecentTime:     nil,
+			expectedEarliestTime:   *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(30 * time.Minute),
+			expectedNumberOfMisses: 30,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "complex schedule with longer diff between executions",
+			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1TopOfTheHour,
+				},
+				Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
+					Schedule: "30 6-16/4 * * 1-5",
+				},
+				Status: batchv1.CronJobStatus{
+					LastScheduleTime: &metav1HalfPastTheHour,
+				},
+			},
+			now:                    *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(96*time.Hour + 31*time.Minute),
+			expectedRecentTime:     deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(96*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute),
+			expectedEarliestTime:   *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(30 * time.Minute),
+			expectedNumberOfMisses: 6,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "complex schedule with shorter diff between executions",
+			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1TopOfTheHour,
+				},
+				Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
+					Schedule: "30 6-16/4 * * 1-5",
+				},
+			},
+			now:                    *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(24*time.Hour + 31*time.Minute),
+			expectedRecentTime:     deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(24*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute),
+			expectedEarliestTime:   *topOfTheHour(),
+			expectedNumberOfMisses: 7,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "@every schedule",
+			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					CreationTimestamp: metav1.NewTime(*deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(-59 * time.Minute)),
+				},
+				Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
+					Schedule:                "@every 1h",
+					StartingDeadlineSeconds: &tenSeconds,
+				},
+				Status: batchv1.CronJobStatus{
+					LastScheduleTime: &metav1MinuteAfterTopOfTheHour,
+				},
+			},
+			now:                    *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(7 * 24 * time.Hour),
+			expectedRecentTime:     deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour((6 * 24 * time.Hour) + 23*time.Hour + 1*time.Minute),
+			expectedEarliestTime:   *deltaTimeAfterTopOfTheHour(1 * time.Minute),
+			expectedNumberOfMisses: 167,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "rogue cronjob",
 			cj: &batchv1.CronJob{