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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 1998 00:42:10 -0500
From:      dannyman <dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org>
To:        gsutter@pobox.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Daylight Savings Time - bug
Message-ID:  <19980407004210.08306@urh.uiuc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407010817.308h-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu>; from gsutter@pobox.com on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 01:10:19AM -0400
References:  <19980406143234.36976@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407010817.308h-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu>

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On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 01:10:19AM -0400, gsutter@pobox.com wrote:

> In the fall, do 0159h or 0200h crons run twice?

No.  cron seems particularly eccentric to the point of being rather clever,
but not quite bright. :)

> >Me, my crons run at 0430h, for sentimental reasons. :)
> 
> Mine run at 0420h, because I know I'll not be at the computer just then.

That's the sort of philosophy I used to use with my Amiga.

Another strategy I found fruitless was "be in bed before cron runs" ...

-dan

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