[JIRA] (JENKINS-15027) Cron expression 'H H * * *' does not work as advertised

Danny Yates created JENKINS-15027

Cron expression 'H H * * *' does not work as advertised

Issue Type:	Bug
Affects Versions:	current
Assignee:	Unassigned
Components:	core
Created:	03/Sep/12 9:35 PM
Description:	Setting cron expression 'H H * * *' is supposed to generate a "random" time for the job to spread load. However, on 1.478 it appears to simply generate "0 0 * * *".
Project:	Jenkins
Labels:	cron,
Priority:	Minor
Reporter:	Danny Yates

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OHTAKE Tomohiro commented on JENKINS-15027

Cron expression 'H H * * *' does not work as advertised

JAVA_ARGS "-Dhudson.scheduler.BaseParser.hash=true" is required to enabled 'H' token. It seems that there is no description about that.

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Danny Yates commented on JENKINS-15027

Cron expression 'H H * * *' does not work as advertised

Thanks. I haven't tried this yet, but it should definitely be in the documentation!

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Derek E commented on JENKINS-15027

Cron expression 'H H * * *' does not work as advertised

What is a good way to test this? Is this true for 1.480 as well?

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