[#MDL-8269] cron runs at midnight regarless of setting

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Key:	MDL-8269
Type:	Bug
Status:	Resolved
Resolution:	Fixed
Priority:	Major
Assignee:	Dan Poltawski
Reporter:	Mark Nielsen
Votes:	1
Watchers:	1

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cron runs at midnight regarless of setting

Created: 23/Jan/07 07:05 AM Updated: 14/Jan/08 05:10 AM

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Component/s:

Administration

Affects Version/s:

1.7

Fix Version/s:

1.6.7, 1.7.5, 1.8.5, 1.9, 2.0

File Attachments:

cron.diff (0.7 kB)

Participants:	Anthony Borrow, Dan Poltawski, Mark Nielsen, Mark Schumann and Michael Penney
Security Level:	None
Resolved date:	14/Jan/08
Affected Branches:	MOODLE_17_STABLE
Fixed Branches:	MOODLE_16_STABLE, MOODLE_17_STABLE, MOODLE_18_STABLE, MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE

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Affects Version/s may go back prior to 1.7.

I was writing my own cron code and was using Moodle's for a reference. I wanted one task to be executed at a specific time like Moodle's statistics. I found that Moodle's admin/cron.php uses the following line to get the time:

$timetocheck = strtotime("$CFG->statsruntimestarthour:$CFG->statsruntimestartminute today");

This always seems return midnight. I switch it to the following and I have had more success:

$timetocheck = strtotime("today $CFG->statsruntimestarthour:$CFG->statsruntimestartminute");

A diff off of HEAD is attached.