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DST Affecting Cron Jobs (Doc ID 3073023.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 11.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal


A cron job scheduled at 1:55am will run twice when the time switched from 2am to 1am during the DST fall back.
Is there a fix on how to prevent the DST change from affecting cron jobs that are scheduled during the Fall back or Spring forward time change?
 

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