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There's another big feature: You're not relying on the time zone to which the server was set (like with cron) but can explicitly specify a time zone: https://w

• 6031769 4mo ago
  Of course you can do this trivially in cron as well. It is what the CRON_TZ variable is for.
  • mkesper 4mo ago
    This is a GNU extension so not portable.
    • simoncion 4mo ago
      > This is a GNU extension so not portable. 1) It's supported by cronie. I bet it's supported by many other crons. 2) "Great" news! The software in the Systemd Project only officially runs on Linux, so "it's not portable" is a really bad counterargument when "alternatives to some Systemd Project feature" is the discussion topic.
• eichin 4mo ago
  hmm, when did that get added? Last time I checked, the only timezone you could specify was UTC (which was one more than cron supported, but still insufficient.)