[nzlug] cron job

[Warren Boyd]

On 2006-08-10, at 11:50 , anru chen wrote:

> hi :
>
> i have entry in crontab file like below,
>
> 40 01 * * * php $SITEDIR/addstockall.php start
>
> so above command should run at 1:40 am , right?
>
> but some time, the cron job will run at a laster time, like 9 or 10  
> am.
>

Is your machine switched off at all?

If you are using anacron, that will schedule tasks for when the  
machine has been off for a bit

Also - are you sure that the command is not being started from  
anywhere else?

Lastly - what timezone is your machine set to?

Regards,
Warren.