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mosky001
mosky001

Reputation: 11

CRON job doesn't run when I set a specific time

I want to run a CRON command on certain days of the month at different times.

I have set up the CRON as indicated below:

40 8 5 12 6 php /home/username/public_html/path_to_php_script

This is supposed to run at 8:40am on 5th December I presume but it never does.

I noticed it only works when I use the common settings:

Example: */5 * * * * php /home/username/public_html/path_to_php_script

This is supposed to run every five minutes

I have read a lot of suggestions on StackOverflow and other articles including the official documentation on cPanel.net all to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 872

Answers (2)

mosky001
mosky001

Reputation: 11

The timezone was the problem in my case. The CRON job actually works fine but the time on the server was 8 hours behind so I had to back date the time.

You could also change the time on the server if you had access to the WHM.

Upvotes: 0

Greg Kelesidis
Greg Kelesidis

Reputation: 1054

You must not set the weekday. Just any (*) day.
40 8 5 12 * php /home/username/public_html/path_to_php_script

Upvotes: 1

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