[nmglug] Time and cron jobs

[Mars DeLapp]

I am trying to set up a backup script to run daily in the middle of the night.

First, a weird thing is happening with the time. date command shows:

jmdelapp at comp010:~$ date
Wed Dec  8 00:34:27 UTC 2004
jmdelapp at comp010:~$ date -u
Wed Dec  8 00:34:31 UTC 2004

the file /etc/timezone contains:
America/Denver

But the date command (without -u) still shows UTC instead of MST

Anyone know how to fix this?

Second, I put this entry in /etc/crontab file
20 12 * * * root marsbackup.sh

is the time in UTC or the local time zone?

Mars

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