[Ilugc] [Cross-Post] How does Linux cron deal with DST?

  • From: binand@xxxxxxxxx (Binand Sethumadhavan)
  • Date: Sun Apr 3 08:05:47 2005

Hi All,

Today (or rather, tonight) is when most of North America switches to
Daylight Saving Time. I am curious how Linux cron deals with this
change. I'd imagine:

1. In spring, cron will skip anything scheduled between 2:00 AM and
2:59 AM on the day DST comes into force.
2. In fall, cron will run anything scheduled between these two times -twice-.

Is that true? Why cannot it be made better? Any suggestions?

Binand

PS: Please mind your replies.

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