antonioa Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Question: how do I get the cron jobs to run at a set time eastern? My scripts tell me the server is on pacific time so, I'm adjusting for that.But, I've seen the scripts say the server is in the europe/paris TZ. Note: current cmd is something like: php /home/username/public_html/myphpscript.phpQuoteMultiQuoteEdit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckRoss Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 One might use a curl to gather a time server function and send the resultant to yourself or save the resultant to your space to view later matching the time placed vs the time suggested finding a difference and note the longitudinal difference between one's perceived location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonioa Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks for the suggestion.I've seen similar comments on the web - basically, run job hourly & only process at the relevant time.Unfortunately, with the free account (i'm a cheapo hobbyist), I'm limited to 2 cron jobs a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 As you're aware, the server is Pacific time. I live in Eastern Time as well. Just subtract 3 hours when setting it. To set for once a day, enter an hour and minute, and put * in the day/weekday/month fields. Note that crons are on a 24 hour clock too. I have a 4:18EDT cron, which is scheduled as 13 hours 18 minutes (1:18PM PT), with * in the other fields. Also, I recommend not running crons on the hour or half/quarter hour since the servers tend to run a lot of them at those times. Schedule it for a random minute like 3:07 if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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