Cron Job On Eastern Time Zone

[antonioa]

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.php

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[ChuckRoss]

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.

[antonioa]

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.

[wolstech]

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.