[Dxspider-support] crontab not honouring LOCALE = LOCAL

[ken Sharman]

Hi  Keith
I think the reason your crontab went early is because the clocks went forward one hour,
so your dxspider crontab times will be on UCT time, until the clocks go back to local time.
 
Ken G7VJA
GB7HTL

> On 04/12/2025 8:32 PM BST Keith, G6NHU via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
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> sh/var $DXCron::use_localtime
> $DXCron::use_localtime = 1
> On 12 Apr 2025 at 16:40 +0100, Christopher Schlegel via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>, wrote:
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> > 
> > Not sure I can help, but seeing what we can see.
> > 
> > What is the output if you do a:
> > 
> > sh/var $DXCron::use_localtime
> > 
> > In the sysop console.
> > 
> > Chris WI3W
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 11:04 Keith, G6NHU via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > Yes, it’s been in my crontab since the day it was announced in January 2023!
> > > 
> > > I’m pretty sure it has worked correctly before, it’s just that I noticed it a couple of days ago because of the node reboot time.
> > > 
> > > 73 Keith.
> > > On 12 Apr 2025 at 15:23 +0100, Christopher Schlegel via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>, wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Keith,
> > > > 
> > > > Has DXSpider been restarted since that change? Again just tossing possibilities as there are some variables that will only update on startup.
> > > > 
> > > > Chris WI3W
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 04:32 Keith, G6NHU <g6nhu at me.com mailto:g6nhu at me.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > It always shows local time.  So if I do a date command, it shows me this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fri 11 Apr 21:09:36 BST 2025
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 11 Apr 2025 at 20:52 +0100, Keith, G6NHU <g6nhu at me.com mailto:g6nhu at me.com>, wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > It always shows local time.  So if I do a date command, it shows me this:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Fri 11 Apr 21:09:36 BST 2025
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
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