Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:35:05 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Subject: Re: Crontab for different ime zones Message-ID: <200903311035.05492.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <200903310756.n2V7uEk7075938@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200903310452.n2V4qTXk091526@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200903310659.31371.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <200903310756.n2V7uEk7075938@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Tuesday 31 March 2009 09:56:14 Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > Is there a way to start jobs with cron using different a time-zone > > > different from local time zone? > > > > > > I am in a TZ that has no Daylight Savings Time, and would like to > > > start a job (reccording of a web cast) in a TZ that has DST (so with a > > > time difference that changes along the year). > > > > > > Is there an automatic/intelligent way to do that? > > > > Not that I know of, yet since timezones only change twice a year you > > can look up the changes for the coming year and adjust the crontab > > accordingly. > > Hey, I am too lazyto change my crontab twice a year, and we have > computers, they should do the work for us. Once a year, since you can use months and days. In fact, iirc DST changes are known 5 years ahead (I'm sure I"ll be corrected if this is not the case) so one can even run a yearly cronjob to change the crontab ;) Of course, waiting an hour during summertime is an option, as is running cron in a jail with /etc/localtime of the target timezone - use tzsetup(8) for that inside the jail (though seems overkill for the purpose). -- Mel
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