Consolidating Cron Notes #520
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Also adding a note about jitter.
src/configuration/app-containers.md
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| cmd: 'cd web ; drush queue-run aggregator_feeds' | |||
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| Also note that all server times are in UTC, and hence so are the cron schedules. | |||
| > ** Cron notes ** | |||
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I don't think we even need to put this in a notes box. It's just more info about cron, let it be prose.
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Ha, ok. My eye grepped for "note" and landed on that.
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I meant any of it. 😄 I'm not generally a fan of callout boxes.
src/configuration/app-containers.md
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| > at midnight every night when every project runs their nightlies. Your crons will *not* run exactly | ||
| > at the time that you specify, but will be delayed by 0-300 seconds. | ||
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| All server times are in UTC, and hence so are the cron schedules. |
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You can specify the timezone for the cron, no?
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Can you? If you know how that's a good thing to include. 😄
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It will be whatever you put in the .platform.app.yaml's timezone key.
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The timezone key is not currently documented anywhere in the file. sigh Let's get back to that later.
Also adding a note about jitter.