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JuanPablo
Asked: 2012-06-22 17:33:17 +0800 CST

cron task four hour later

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I have this task in my crontab 

0 14 * * * command

but in my /var/log/syslog, I have 

Jun 21 19:00:01 debian-squeeze-base /USR/SBIN/CRON[12810]: (user) CMD (command)

why the task run 5 hours later ?

debian cron

2 Answers

  1. How is your locale set? How is your timezone set?

    Perhaps the user running the cron (root) is using something in UTC and you are expecting it in localtime?

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  2. Best Answer

    If memory serves me correctly, you have to restart the cron daemon after changing your timezone.

    Have you changed your timezone since your last reboot?

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