From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 15:12:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08762 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:12:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-09.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08706 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:12:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id XAA02426; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:12:48 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804122212.XAA02426@indigo.ie> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:12:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: Joe McGuckin "Cron problem" (Apr 12, 1:34pm) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Joe McGuckin , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cron problem Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Apr 12, 1:34pm, Joe McGuckin wrote: } Subject: Cron problem > > I have a cron job that's scheduled to go off at 1 am: > > 00 01 * * * /usr/local/bin/perl /home/joe/projects/diskusage/t > > It actually runs at 6 pm. I think this is some sort of timezone problem - > 1am + 7 hours difference between GMT & PDT == 18:00. > > The machine has the correct time: Weird, can you get this crontab entry to execute the "date" command instead please? Niall -- Niall Smart. Microsoft Suck. See www.freebsd.org for details. echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message