Consideration of cron job with respect to time

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Published on 2010-03-24T07:42:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 7:53 UTC
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Hi all,

Is it possible to run my cron job according to the GMT where as, my server is cosidering IST time formats. In future is it possible to use different time zones...? To do this can anyone suggest what all steps i need to follow as i am working on linux.

Thanks in advance....

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