Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or other 2am jobs) Message-ID: <199908101150.EAA29940@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/10947; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>
To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>,
Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, scottd@cloud9.net,
Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or
other 2am jobs)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:42:23 -0400 (EDT)
OK. Two diffs below. First is for the manpage (crontab(5)). Second is
for crontab itself. Note that the 2:00 job has been changed to
1:59 per phk and Doug. Hopefully we can close this soon :)
First diff (crontab(5)):
--- crontab.5 Tue Aug 10 07:25:28 1999
+++ crontab.5.new Tue Aug 10 07:35:30 1999
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@
the feature can be turned off and no mail will be sent at all (SysV can't
do this either).
+BBUUGGSS
+ If you're in one of the 70-odd countries that observes Daylight
+ Savings Time, jobs scheduled during the rollback or advance will be
+ affected. In general, it's not a good idea to schedule jobs during
+ this period.
+
+ US users (except parts of IN, AZ, and HI): the time shift occurs at
+ 2AM local time. International users: please check
+ _/_u_s_r_/_s_r_c_/_s_h_a_r_e_/_z_o_n_e_i_n_f_o.
+
AAUUTTHHOORRSS
Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
Next diff (crontab):
--- crontab Tue Aug 3 16:59:01 1999
+++ crontab.new Tue Aug 10 07:41:21 1999
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
0 * * * * root newsyslog
#
# do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
-0 2 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
+#
+# If your time zone acknowledges Daylight Savings Time, job
+# scheduling can be affected. Please plan accordingly. See
+# crontab(5) for more information.
+#
+59 1 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
30 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root
30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
#
Thanks!
SB
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Doug wrote:
>
> Sure, actually fixing the time the job is scheduled for was my
> goal all along. :)
>
> Doug
> --
> On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only
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> what it does.
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