[Bug 1545108] [NEW] crontab ignores the day of month, and executes based only on the time and the weekday.

[Rob]

Public bug reported:

here is my crontab:

  45   5   *     *     1-5   pkill -f flash
  48   6   *     *     1-5   musicalarm
  50   9   *     *     1-5   mpc random off
  30   7   5     2       5   echo -e "I'm not coming in today.\n\nHave a good one!" | mail -s "No pikupordropov needed" email at example.com

Obviously I have changed the email a bit, but it gives you an idea. The
email got sent today, even though it is clearly not the 5th of February.
Something similar happened a couple days ago (another command that was
scheduled for that day, but earlier in the month).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: cron 3.0pl1-124ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-77.121-generic 3.13.11-ckt32
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 12 10:33:41 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-04 (738 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: cron
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-07-20 (571 days ago)

** Affects: cron (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  crontab ignores the day of month, and executes based only on the time
  and the weekday.

Status in cron package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  here is my crontab:

    45   5   *     *     1-5   pkill -f flash
    48   6   *     *     1-5   musicalarm
    50   9   *     *     1-5   mpc random off
    30   7   5     2       5   echo -e "I'm not coming in today.\n\nHave a good one!" | mail -s "No pikupordropov needed" email at example.com

  Obviously I have changed the email a bit, but it gives you an idea.
  The email got sent today, even though it is clearly not the 5th of
  February. Something similar happened a couple days ago (another
  command that was scheduled for that day, but earlier in the month).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: cron 3.0pl1-124ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-77.121-generic 3.13.11-ckt32
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-77-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 12 10:33:41 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-04 (738 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  SourcePackage: cron
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-07-20 (571 days ago)

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