On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Nate Waddoups wrote:

> My /etc/crontab is set up to run 'daily' jobs at 4am.  But they run at
> 4pm.  'date' returns a proper time - it doesn't seem to have any am/pm
> confusion.  Any idea where the problem might lie?

...and, by popular demand, here's the relevant line from crontab:

02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily

My understanding is that the "4" means "run this at 0400 hours, aka 4am."
And if I wanted 4pm I'd make that 4 a 16.
But it runs at 4pm anyhow.

What am I missing?

Many thanks.


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